I'd love to find one of those....neat.
Robert
Robert
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Thanks folks. Lots of very good questions which I don't know much about. I would say the firing pin bushing is a new insert with a slot for the rim fire firing pin. The pin itself in the hammer looks to me to be a modified original pin, maybe a .38. Looking at the cylinder, I don't see how they could modify a 38 extractor for this job that wouldn't be more work than just making a new one, and that seems remarkable. See the new pictures. Operation of the piece is very smooth and tight and the trigger is very good. One of the things I have found is that a good many of these conversions were made by the British firm of Parker-Hale.
DWalt
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Interesting to see how the firing pin was modified for .22 RF. Labor must have been cheap in Great Britain at that time. I'll guess there was a considerable number of man-hours which went into making each of those conversions.
charlie sherrill
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My brother has a Parker/Hale that is a very good shooter.
Very cool shooter - well worth that price. A bargain , I'd say.
I would have no interest in a Victory reamed from 38S&W to .38 special , but that .22 target conversion - and it truly is a conversion - is pretty neat.
Your ramped front sight is actually more of a Patridge , good choice for a target revolver.
I would have no interest in a Victory reamed from 38S&W to .38 special , but that .22 target conversion - and it truly is a conversion - is pretty neat.
Your ramped front sight is actually more of a Patridge , good choice for a target revolver.
