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For Christmas Mrs. YK got me one of the Kirst Konverters. As many here probably know, Kirst makes conversion cylinders for black powder cap & ball revolvers. As does Howell's. I have many of the latter. This was my first Kirst.
I'd read great things about the Kirst conversion cylinders. This one is a "kit" to convert Uberti-made reproductions of Colt's various "pocket models" to be able to shoot .22-caliber rimfire rounds. It is a "kit" because it comes with the usual 2-piece cylinder (actually, a cylinder and an adapter ring), plus a barrel insert and a barrel bushing. The former is used in the .31-caliber copies of Colt's 1848 & 1849 Pocket models. The bushing is used to allow the conversion kit to be used in Colt's .36 caliber 1862 Pocket Police and Pocket Navy models. Since I have five (5) of these types of C&B revolvers (one 1849, three Pocket Police models and one Pocket Navy), I thought it would be a good and fun investment.
Until I tried it.
My 1849 is now locked up tighter than a drum. I am going to have to completely disassemble it to find out what the heck happened. Hopefully it is an easy fix. I reinstalled the kit on one of my Pocket Police models (the one I purchased from Old No7 here). It functioned, but needs some work.
I hate it when a plan doesn't come together!
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Anyone else have any experience with these?