R.O.A. 45 LONG COLT CONVERSION CYLINDER

[WASATCH CHARLIE]

Anyone shooting a KIRST conversion cylinder? have a fellow who sells them but he wants over 400 dollars.. i could pick up a nice blackhawk for that price. i could have one sent to a washington state address, but the cost of our ferry system would add another120 dollars to the 300 from the KIRST FACTORY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY CAN NOT BE SHIPPED TO CANADA ACCORDING TO homeland security. that is why i would like to know if they actually perform that well. thanks for any info W.C. :lol:

 

[461]

I can't say about the U.S./Canada thing, but I can tell you the conversion cylinder is great in combination with the Old Army. I use my Old Army a lot more now that I can take it with me to the indoor range and shoot smokeless in it.

If the cost is so high to the point of costing more than a Blackhawk then I'd go for the Blackhawk though. The utility of the Blackhawk is much better since you can reload it much faster as you need to remove the conversion cylinder to reload it.

I got a great deal on my cylinder which is why I got it.

 

[CraigC]

I love proper cartridge conversions of Colt and Remington percussion guns but those have a loading gate and ejector. I guess I just don't understand the reasoning behind a conversion cylinder for a percussion gun that has to be disassembled to be reloaded.

 

[ROAnutz]

Practice. I can load bucket of 45 LC...100's and practice for a long time. If I practice with using the traditional method I won't get hardly any rounds off.

The trick is to make a 45 LC load that shoots at the same point of impact as the black powder load you shoot.

I have a Kirst Konverter and tripped over a load that shoots almost exactly as my BigLube.

 

[contender]

I understand that some folks enjoy those conversions. However, for the money, I'd just buy another gun.
I guess to me it's easy, as I have several OA's AND Blackhawks in 45 cal.

 

[CraigC]

Practice. I can load bucket of 45 LC...100's and practice for a long time. If I practice with using the traditional method I won't get hardly any rounds off.

The trick is to make a 45 LC load that shoots at the same point of impact as the black powder load you shoot.

I have a Kirst Konverter and tripped over a load that shoots almost exactly as my BigLube.

Then buy a Vaquero. You'll get more practice because it loads so much quicker. You're not getting anything out of removing, reloading and replacing the cylinder over and over again. What one would need practice with is reloading the percussion cylinder. Which the conversion cylinder does nothing for.