Pictures Added Three Screw 357 to 44 Special Advise Please

[Muley Gil]

BTW, I've had two OM Ruger .357s converted to .44 Special. I shot whatever I wanted out of them, including the Skeeter load and Elmer's load, a 245 gr Keith style SWC over 17.5 gr of 2400. That last load snorted a mite!

 

[ElmerKeith]

BTW, I've had two OM Ruger .357s converted to .44 Special. I shot whatever I wanted out of them, including the Skeeter load and Elmer's load, a 245 gr Keith style SWC over 17.5 gr of 2400. That last load snorted a mite!

How did they make the conversion? Did they open up the barrel to .44 as well as the chambers of the cylinder or by replacing barrel and cylinder?

 

[ElmerKeith]

Leonard Howell 334-749-1942
550 Lee Rd 169
Opelika, AL 36804
Mr Howell made the damascus bowie from a pattern knife I sent to him. I will try to do another post with pictures of three knives and a tomahawk Mr Howell did for me.
I got the case made of mink from Mr Howell but the bottom knife was not made by Mr Howell. I was told the bottom knife is a 1909 US Military Bolo. The knife is marked US MOD 191 and I can't make out the last digit on the right side. The date of 1918 marked on the knife's left side with some writing I can't make out and PHILA is on the left side. The Bolo was flat on one side of the blade and carried an angle edge on the other side. I was told this was a military field amputation tool but I can't verify that. Anyhoo I worked an edge on both sides and put an edge on the top end of the blade and I like it as a Bowie knife. Some may say I ruined it but I like it the way I fixed it.

Thank you for your informations!

 

[Muley Gil]

Alan Harton down in Houston TX rechambered the .357 cylinder to .44 Special. One OM has a 4 5/8" Super Blackhawk .44 barrel. He turned down the diameter slightly and that also eliminated the "Ruger billboard" warning.

The second one he did used a Colt 5 1/2" New Fronter barrel.