Converted 45 revolver

Tracker1957

I have what appears to be a 45 Colt revolver that was converted to a 22. The barrel is a Remington but the body appears to be a Colt. You can see where inserts were put into the cylinders to convert them. Someone mentioned that it may have been used by the military and converted because the ammo was to expensive. I can send pictures if needed. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

perry shooter

I would love to see pictures but because of the holidays it will be a few days before I will be at work to view them I have a bunch of different 1911 conversion units and some with inserts but only one for converting a revolver. karlwoerner@vatractor.com

Geri

Colt official police converted to 25-20. Not mine so I don't know how it/that worked. Interesting conversion.

Tracker1957

Here's one picture of the revolver. I am working to get more but the site doesn't seem to be cooperating.
http://www.Photoshed.net/is.php?i=16184&img=100_0529.jpg

nononsense

Tracker1957,

The image has been deleted from Photoshed. Please try a hosting site such as Image Shack or Hunt 101 to get satisfaction.

Image Shack is very easy to use. Then read the instructions at the top of this forum in a 'Sticky' titled 'Posting Photographs'. If you need some help, e-mail me or post another question.

Many of us are anxious to see your pictures!

Best.

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Sometimes you have to learn to work the system...

Best.

Hawk Carse

Cannot bring up the picture.
What model Colt is it? Single Action Army, New Service, or 1917?
There were a lot of gunsmith shops and gunsmithing projects that are not well documented, they were just doing business.

Tracker1957

The link is working for me, I wonder why no one else can see it. I am waiting for Image Shack to register me. Hunt101 has a size limit for photos. If you'd like I can send the pictures to your email.

rufe-snow

It appears to be some bubba's basement hack job to me. No single action ever left Colt looking like that. U.S. military never used a single action .22 trainer like that. Value would be nominal at best, probably the parts could be sold for more money then the revolver, if it was parted out.

Hawk Carse

Looks like a gunsmith conversion of many years ago, when a SAA was a $25 used gun instead of a Significant Historical Artifact and Valuable Collector's Item. Barrel apparently cut down from a Remington .22 rifle's, the cylinder bushed, and the firing pin moved to rimfire. Then unfortunately nickel plated over all. Homemade grips to replace busted hard rubber, most likely.

Whether it was a military issue revolver - BEFORE caliber conversion - would have to be determined from markings, if there were any left.

rhmc24

Here in Oklahoma back in prehistoric times in the 1930s when I was a kid it was common to convert Colt SAAs to .22 for somethng to shoot cheap. A working SAA went for $5 and a semi-bubba conversion for about the same. In those days money was so scarce most deals were by trade. I had the .45 SAA and I traded a rough cut-off Schofield S&W for the job, by a machinists not a gunsmith. Even then at 16 I thought it was a poor job but it was cheap to shoot. .22 shorts were 15 cents a box while .45s were 5 cents a round. Schoolteachers and cops made about $80 a month.

A new SAA Colt was $37.50 from Stoegers, a new 1911 $41.50. Sanitized 1911s with all markings removed were around for $5. A new H&R 922 was $7.50. We knew a kid that got one and we thought he was in tall cotton!

And people talk about the 'good ole days' ----

Spider7115

That's a blackpowder frame. Just out of curiosity, can you read the serial number on the bottom of the frame or the markings on the side of the frame?