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Originally Posted by Etalksalot
Haha, I'm sure! One day I hope to add to the confusion by having one converted myself. I'd really really like to take a Snub 15 and a snub 19 and swap barrels and ejector rods. I belive that should be all that's needed. Now I don't know how the 15 barrel would hold up with Magnum rounds, but being a heavy barrel, maybe it's possible. That would give me a SB 19 snub that only shoots 38 special and a RB 15 that can shoot mags (if that makes sense?) I think that would be pretty cool. I'd love to have a RB 15 either way. Even if I just shot 38's out of both of them.
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The barrel 15 barrel wouldn't be effected by the 357 rounds being fired down, same material as a 19 barrel just a different stamp, BUT, it has a slightly longer barrel shank because the 19 cylinder is slightly longer (about .05 not counting the recess on a 19 cylinder if was recessed) than the 15 cylinder. The 15 barrel shank could be trimmed and cone recut so the 19 cylinder fit, but the 19 barrel would need to be removed and the shoulder set back 2 turns so it could be long enough to be fitted fit to the shorter 15 cylinder. In other words, its not a good plan. Be better of to switch barrels to. Or just get conversion grips.
How do I know this? I made a model 10 38 (same cylinder as a 14 or 15) into a 357 using a 19 cylinder. I eventually replaced the 4" 38 barrel with a 2 1/2" 19 barrel.