Joe4d Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I like horses and I like shooting, A mounted shooting club has started in my state which is actually closer than my nearest USPSA club, ok here are some thoughts. I have one gun and a rig but 2 guns are required, they must be 45 colt, I have a Ruger 44 magnum blackhawk 5.5" which is built on the standard Blackhawk frame I believe, My thoughts are to buy a 45 colt cylinder and swap it in Numrich lists them at $78 of course they are out of stock, my other thought was to ream a 44 cylinder which is pretty available but I would need to buy a reamer, I dont have a lathe. I guess I could also try to beg borrow or steal either a cylinder or a complete gun, Any reason I couldnt pretty much just drop in a Ruger Vaquero or blackhawk 45 colt cylinder ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
open17 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 ???????? You want to put a 45 cylinder in a 44 gun WITHOUT changing the barrel? How does that work? Even if you are just going to shoot blanks, the potential is there to try to cram a .452 bullet down a .429 bore. It doesn't sound like a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe4d Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 Oh I guess I should add in mounted shooting we shoot gunpowder with a bit of cornmeal, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slflr Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Oh I guess I should add in mounted shooting we shoot gunpowder with a bit of cornmeal, Seriously. What is your load? How much powder/cornmeal? How do you keep it in the brass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirpy Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Wouldn't do it! Sell it and get what you need. Might accidently get into the wrong hands with the wrong cyl. in and BOOM! JMHO Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z Sr Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I agree with chirpy, don't risk it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R112mercer Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Oh I guess I should add in mounted shooting we shoot gunpowder with a bit of cornmeal, Seriously. What is your load? How much powder/cornmeal? How do you keep it in the brass? Bob, I don't know about load data but I figure a piece of cardboard between the powder and cornmeal and a piece of cardboard crimped in the case mouth would keep it in. Or you could use wax, Bill Jordan used to enlarge his primer pockets & shove empty, primed cases into a shallow tray of paraffin for shooting demonstrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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