Converted 45 revolver again

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. The revolver has no serial numbers that I can find. The only inscription is Remington on the barrel. I can send pictures if needed. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Hawk Carse

Saw the previous picture. Saw the previous replies, made one of them.
With the markings buffed off for the Bubba nickel plate, there is no knowing if it were originally military or not. The military did NOT do the conversion, it was a gunsmith job on at most a surplus revolver. With no markings, there is no way of knowing who did the work or when. The Remington trademark shows only that he used a piece of barrel off a Remington .22 rifle instead of relining the Colt.
There just isn't much information there, what you see is what you have.

Spider7115

I agree with Hawk. I thought you might at least have a military-marked frame which could have some value to someone. There's no way to even tell what caliber it was in its original configuration. As it stands, its only value is that of a curiosity.

Hawk Carse

Yes, but it is a pretty neat curiosity. It could be like one of the overpriced SAA "roaches" down at the local store, all original, but much used and not very interesting.