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My diy SR-15 CQB Mod 2. I love these KAC URX4 rails, but they sure do pose difficulties and are not the easiest to install on standard AR builds. It’s still not finished to where I want it but I wasn’t going to let the lack of having a FCD ACF or a Twin Dimpled EPC stop me from assembling. It will most likely be getting outfitted with either a T-2 or a CompM5 on a riser and a Cloud Defensive REIN 2.0. The A2 birdcage is just a place holder until I get a CGS Helios QD, where I’ll most likely go with Rearden muzzle device. A Geissele trigger will eventually be swapped as well. Don’t forget to stake your castle nuts kids.
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Will556 said:
Nice pistol, we can work with this. Swap that light when you get the chance. Then the optic after that. Those Leupold Freedom RDS’s tend to have bloomed out reticle that aren’t very crisp and the dialing turrets are mushy like twisting a gummy worm.
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Yeah, agree on both but they will work for now.
 
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I also ordered an oem 7.5" .45 long colt barrel a week ago from Numrich and just recieved it from fedex. I have this crazy idea of changing my .357 Cattleman to 45 long colt. It just requires a barrel and cylinder change. The frames and everything else are the same. I only have a vague idea of how to go about this. I saw some guy on youtube made his own wrench that contoured the frame of the revolver he was changing the barrel on. Looking at the threads, they are not terribly fine. I have to wonder if these are held in with any type of thread locker??
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ArmedCorgi said:
I also ordered an oem 7.5" .45 long colt barrel a week ago from Numrich and just recieved it from fedex. I have this crazy idea of changing my .357 Cattleman to 45 long colt. It just requires a barrel and cylinder change. The frames and everything else are the same. I only have a vague idea of how to go about this. I saw some guy on youtube made his own wrench that contoured the frame of the revolver he was changing the barrel on. Looking at the threads, they are not terribly fine. I have to wonder if these are held in with any type of thread locker??
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Usually no thread lock, but barrel will likely need to be trimmed to clock properly and have the right cylinder gap.
 
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kev74 said:
Usually no thread lock, but barrel will likely need to be trimmed to clock properly and have the right cylinder gap.
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Perhaps similar to timing a FAL barrel. Needs to do the headspace thing as well as timing out TDC so your front sight is functional. On the FAL/L1A1 could require shaving down the shoulder of the barrel or adding a shim if it doesn’t perfectly match up.

not sure if that may be needed for that revolver.
 
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fnfalguy said:
Perhaps similar to timing a FAL barrel. Needs to do the headspace thing as well as timing out TDC so your front sight is functional. On the FAL/L1A1 could require shaving down the shoulder of the barrel or adding a shim if it doesn’t perfectly match up.

not sure if that may be needed for that revolver.
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On a revolver, the shoulder at the base of the threads is trimmed until the front sight clocks properly, then the forcing cone is trimmed.

@ArmedCorgi Do you know if the firing pin will line up properly after the cylinder change? Also do the 45 and 357 use the same hand to turn the cylinder?
 
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kev74 said:
Usually no thread lock, but barrel will likely need to be trimmed to clock properly and have the right cylinder gap.
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fnfalguy said:
Perhaps similar to timing a FAL barrel. Needs to do the headspace thing as well as timing out TDC so your front sight is functional. On the FAL/L1A1 could require shaving down the shoulder of the barrel or adding a shim if it doesn’t perfectly match up.

not sure if that may be needed for that revolver.
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On second thought, I think I may just accquire the parts and have a gun smith do it. While simple, the more I research this, the more it becomes apparent that it isn't easy. I could easily ruin my gun. I may be able to get the old bbl off and new one on but like you guys say, there is work that has to be done to make the bbl fit with the cylinder properly, etc.
 
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kev74 said:
Do you know if the firing pin will line up properly after the cylinder change? Also do the 45 and 357 use the same hand to turn the cylinder?
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As far as I know all the internals are the same. Trigger, bolt, trigger/bolt spring, hand, main spring. The 357 barrel and cylinder are the same size as the 45, just with less material taken off. Frames are the same.
 
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ArmedCorgi said:
On second thought, I think I may just accquire the parts and have a gun smith do it. While simple, the more I research this, the more it becomes apparent that it isn't easy. I could easily ruin my gun. I may be able to get the old bbl off and new one on but like you guys say, there is work that has to be done to make the bbl fit with the cylinder properly, etc.
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Smart. Access to a lathe is a necessity for a barrel swap.

I'm curious if the cylinder swap is a drop in, or if the gun will have to be retimed.

I've got a Blackhawk with .357 and 9mm cylinders, but it came from the factory with them.
 
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kev74 said:
I'm curious if the cylinder swap is a drop in, or if the gun will have to be retimed.

I've got a Blackhawk with .357 and 9mm cylinders, but it came from the factory with them.
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I bought a new 357 cylinder because the one that came with the gun had a lot of slop in it. The new one dropped in and has much tighter lock up and no end shake that I can tell. The chambers look to be in line when looking down the bbl. Firing pin dead center and no metal overlapping. Though, that isn't measuring it with the tool they use to see if it's aligned. The only thing that bothers me about these italian clones is the cylinder gap. The gap on my 357 with both original and new cylinders seems like too much. My newer Cimarron 45 is a lot better in this respect, but when compaired to even my Pietta colt 1851, which has zero gap, or my gp100, it seem to be a bigger space. I javen't experienced any leading though with the 357. Idk.
 
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Podmonkey said:
True. Magpul Glock Mags aren't bad though........ And Lancer makes the best AR Mags
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I might have to disagree on Lancer making the best AR mags. They’re definitely not the worst, but I wouldn’t say best. lol
 

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