|
|
01-05-2009, 10:41 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: central MN
Posts: 193
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts
|
|
can i put my 648 cylinder in a pre lock 617 frame and barrel.
|
01-05-2009, 10:41 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: central MN
Posts: 193
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts
|
|
can i put my 648 cylinder in a pre lock 617 frame and barrel.
|
01-06-2009, 12:47 AM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Wa.State (Vancouver)
Posts: 621
Likes: 1,235
Liked 695 Times in 242 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally posted by mnhntr:
can i put my 648 cylinder in a pre lock 617 frame and barrel.
|
Nope. 617 barrel .222 648 barrel .223
Best,
Gary
|
01-06-2009, 10:04 AM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: never never land, USA
Posts: 3,013
Likes: 120
Liked 824 Times in 530 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally posted by mnhntr:
can i put my 648 cylinder in a pre lock 617 frame and barrel.
|
I've seen 617's setup for 22 mag. Not shot, seen. I don't know if the chambers were reamed or the cylinder swapped out. I'm not convinced the barrel dia. is a big issue, if an issue at all.
|
01-06-2009, 04:50 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: central MN
Posts: 193
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts
|
|
theres one on gunbroker right now that is set up this way. just saw it and wondered if it is an exceptable change out
|
01-06-2009, 10:45 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: never never land, USA
Posts: 3,013
Likes: 120
Liked 824 Times in 530 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally posted by mnhntr:
theres one on gunbroker right now that is set up this way. just saw it and wondered if it is an exceptable change out
|
Can't say for sure. I have an extra cylinder I've been temped to ream the chambers for 22 mag. We used to shoot .358 jacketed rifle bullets out of .357 mags with no ill effects.
Anybody here done this? The 617 22 mag?
|
01-07-2009, 04:06 AM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: northern, New York
Posts: 10
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
|
I have a 4 in. no dash 617 that i fitted with a 48 cylinder as far as saftey and reliability everything functions well over 200 rds of mag ammo. Accuracy seems to be the biggest problem.I have never been able to equil the results using 22LR ammo. But I have not tried some of the newer "premium" ammo available. Posible that the tighter BBL of the 617 could be causing problems. Something else i want to try is 22 WRF ammo. a little slower but maybe the lead bullet might fly better? or lead the hell out of it! good luck
|
01-08-2009, 11:23 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: west coast
Posts: 1,486
Likes: 0
Liked 55 Times in 34 Posts
|
|
Years ago, when I had a Ruger Single Six in .22 LR and my shooting buddy had a Ruger SS .22 LR/.22 WRFM, we experimented with swapping cylinders and shooting .22 Magnum in both guns. By a lucky coincidence, the cylinder was a proper fit in both frames. The normally excellent accuracy from my SS became mediocre when firing .22 Magnums. This was over several sessions and a couple hundred rounds fired. Groups went from 1" at 25 yards to 3"-4" in my SS. The only difference we could tell were the barrels. Both guns shot about 1 1/2" groups using .22 LR at 25 yards.
|
01-09-2009, 07:00 AM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: never never land, USA
Posts: 3,013
Likes: 120
Liked 824 Times in 530 Posts
|
|
I wonder if the barrels have a different rate of twist?
|
01-10-2009, 11:17 AM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: west coast
Posts: 1,486
Likes: 0
Liked 55 Times in 34 Posts
|
|
As I remember, and this was years ago that I saw it in writing, Winchester adopted the old .22 WRF rifling twist rate and bore dimensions for it's new .22 Winchester Rimfire Magnum. .22 WRF can be fired safely and accurately in .22 Magnum guns.
I once read an article where the .22 and .22.22 Magnum guns were fired extensively for accuracy tests, and the conclusion was that the convertible guns used the larger bore and groove dimension both to avoid chamber pressure problems and to give acceptable accuracy.
I've encountered several .22 LR rifles converted to .22 Magnum, some rather crudely (with homemade twist drill reamers) that gave lousy accuracy with both .22 LR and .22 Magnum ammunition because of the the bad chambers and rifling dimensions. I've also experimented with chamber adapters that allowed firing .22 Magnum in .222 Rmington, .223 Remington, and .22-250 chambers and all gave acceptable, if not stellar accuracy since the standard barrel groove diameters for them was .224".
|
|
Thread Tools |
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
|
|
|
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:55 PM.