Kirst Konverter for .44 Uberti Dragoon

[rodent.22]

Well guys I finally had time to cut the right recoil shield for the loading gate on my new black powder pistol. It's a beautiful gun and this Kirst cylinder and loading gate are a PERFECT match for it. The Kirst converts the .44 cap and ball revolver to a .45 Long Colt centerfire. The cartridges MUST be Cowboy Action type charges, 1000 FPS or less. Since I reload for my Vaqueros this conversion for the same ammo was a no brainer. This cylinder was a drop-in, NO timing or fit issues. Beautiful fit and finish. My cut came out well, a 1/2'' carbide grinding bit and an air drill worked very well, about 30 minutes of grinding and another hour of progressively finer sandpaper to polish the cut. Swirl a little cold blue and it blends the cut right into the case-hardened finish. I am EXTREMELY pleased with my result. I'll be shooting the grips off it this afternoon.... :grin:

[Microgunner]

I gotta tell you, that looks pretty damned professional.  :thumb:

[imschur]

I dont understand. What is this upgrade and what got cut?

[rodent.22]

Here is a '62 Pocket Police and the '48 Dragoon, about identical but for size. Notice the right recoil shield on the smaller Pocket Police. The shield has a small groove to facilitate capping the nipples. When a conversion is done that groove must be cut out large enough for the cartridges to be loaded into the cylinder, see the cut I made on the Dragoon. The original BP cylinder with the nipples is shown with the new cartridge cylinder. The differences are pretty apparent. It's not a difficult job, but ya gotta be CAREFUL.....LOL You know, that Pocket Police could be converted to .38 centerfire....

[imschur]

Ah I get it now. You did such a nice job it looked original. Thanks for the pictures

[rodent.22]

Well I finished the fine-tuning this weekend, ran 50 rounds thru it. This really is a fun gun.... ;D