Converting 27/28 6 shot to 8 shot??

[Happy Hunter]

I like the 27/28s and am thinking about one. I like the 6 shot for competing in revolver class but would prefer to carry an 8 shot. Is there a way to swap the 6 and 8 shot parts back and forth?
I guess the main problem would be the rotating parts (hand, pawl and such). They may not fit an older frame?? Has anyone done this??
Thanks,
Happy Hunter

 

[Happy Hunter]

I like the 27/28s and am thinking about one. I like the 6 shot for competing in revolver class but would prefer to carry an 8 shot. Is there a way to swap the 6 and 8 shot parts back and forth?
I guess the main problem would be the rotating parts (hand, pawl and such). They may not fit an older frame?? Has anyone done this??
Thanks,
Happy Hunter

 

[thomasinaz]

I don't know of anyone who had this done. That said, the project would require a new 8 shot cylinder assembly and a new hand designed for the 8 shooter's shorter throw. Also the 8 shot 627 cylinder is quite a bit shorter than regular N frame cylinders (at least in my little group of N frames). Due to the shorter cylinder you'd probably run into headspace problems with the breach end of the barrel.

I really like the 8 shot 627 that I have, and suggest you just use this idea as an excuse to buy another gun.

 

[Repellere]

My understanding is that it is not possible because the barrel is pushed higher in the frame because of the larger diameter of the chambers required to fit 8 shots in the same size cylinder.

 

[BUFF]

Like Glockist said, the 8 shot frame is different from the 6 shot frame. The 8 shot cylinder has the center of the chambers further away from the center of the cylinder than the 6 shot. The center of the bore of the barrel likewise sits higher in the frame than the same in a 6 shot frame/barrel.

So, no can do.

 

[Happy Hunter]

Thanks for the info. If the chambers are cut farther from center then it definitly won't work.
Thanks for the info!!

As far as an excuse to but another gun. I don't have either gun, so now I need to decide which to buy first.

 

[Joe Kent]

As stated above, you cannot convert to an eight shot because of the barrel placement but you could convert to a seven shot as I have seen that done by a gunsmith by the name of Baumann I believe. If I remember correctly, they were advertised as Baumannized.

 

[Joed49]

Question. If the N frame 8 shot is different then the 6 shot what about the L frame 7 shot? Same thing?

 

[bountyhunter]

Originally posted by J Dzurinda:
Question. If the N frame 8 shot is different then the 6 shot what about the L frame 7 shot? Same thing?

Yep.

 

[hillmonkey]

I've got the 7 shot cylinder for the 27/28, but nothing else. Anybody got any leads on the rest of the parts needed to convert to a seven shooter?

 

[BUFF]

I had a "Baumanized" M-28. You need a 7 shot ejector/ratchet. The 6 shot hand can be made to work.