ewokUk Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Sahlberg Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewokUk Posted December 10, 2004 Author Share Posted December 10, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRodriguez Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDean Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 uHHH... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Round_Gun_Shooter Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 If you go to T K CUSTOMS and contact Tom, he used to have printed instructions for machining a moon clip conversion. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDean Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewokUk Posted December 13, 2004 Author Share Posted December 13, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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