Cylinder machining for moonclips

[ewokUk]

Another dumb question:

Just where & what is machined when a cylinder is converted to take moon-clips?

The reason that I'm asking is that I want to convert an air-cartridge revolver to moonclip operation & I'm probably going to have to use a normal (non-gunsmith) engineering company to do it.

Thanks in anticipation

Mike

[Bill Sahlberg]

First off find the moonclips. Take these with you to any machine shop and have them cut out the cylinder and star ejector to fit them. Minimal machining cost under $50.

[ewokUk]

Thanks Bill,

I was wondering if the star ejector had to me machined, because the ones in the air cartridge revolvers are pretty thin to start with.

Mike

[JohnRodriguez]

hey Mike

if you take it to a machine shop, explain to them it is a air pistol and not a real firearm or they might not do the job. They can't do any work to a firearm, unless they are licenced gunsmith.

[TDean]

uHHH...

[Carlos]

I am guessing that TD's exasperated post: "uHHH..." comes from the original poster's name: "EwokUK" - I am also guessing he is from the UK or United Kingdom or England where the the only pistols allowed by law are air pistols. Ewok: your funny vocabulary like "engineering company" (in place of: "machine shop") is also a dead give away. Please let us know how the project turns out. Could you post a picture? Regards,

Douglas

[Round_Gun_Shooter]

If you go to T K CUSTOMS and contact Tom, he used to have printed instructions for machining a moon clip conversion.

Regards,

[TDean]

Actually the "uh" part was my reaction to the idea that unlicensed gunsmiths can't work on "real gun" parts. That's absurd. I hope that isn't true.

[ewokUk]

Thanks for the comments guys,

Yup you got me 'Bang to Right's', I'm from the opposite side of the pond where we've got some wierd & wonderful gun laws

In fact the gun laws here got even more stupid this year when the government made Self-Contained Air Cartridge guns totally illegal.

If you already owned some, you were allowed to apply for a licence to keep them, but after that, buying, importing, trading & making them is totally illegal.

Yes guys, we are talking about air rifles & pistols here. These particular ones are now classified the same as machine guns & rocket launchers and only two gun dealers in the whole of the UK are licenced to do repair work on them.

The only saving grace is that I am allowed to work on the gun myself, or some Police departments will allow any machine shop to do the work if I am present whilst it is being done.

I've had a look at the TK Customs web site (that's where I ordered the moonclips from) & the list of instructions dosen't seem to be there any more, but if it's as simple as 'machine out enough metal for the clip to sit in', then I should be able to manage it.

Below is a link to pictures of some of my Air Cartridge guns:

Air Cartridge Revolvers

The top one is a Taurus, middle is a Brocock Target Trophy and bottom a Brocock Specialist. All are .38/.22 caliber (.38 air cartridge chambers & .22 barrel) and I use them for IPSC style shooting here in UK.

I'll keep you posted on how the project works.

Mike