Originally Posted by Jersey Doug

Where the the problem lies with the Long Rifle cylinder in a M-48 mag is with the loss of confidence in accuracy. Because of the different bore size between the two,,, shooters believe once that L.R. cylinder is mounted on the 48 there goes it's accuracy. Shooters (I'm one of them) do not sit well with anything that possibly could subtract a revolver's accuracy in the least. History of the conversion has most believing the L.R. bullet would do it's best in the gun it's intended for the M-17-M-18. I went the two gun route and lost all interest in mix and matching cylinders.