I called and spoke to Mr. Vance. He is very knowledgable and a nice guy to speak with. He said he has done a bunch of these conversions. I am shipping out my barrels to him next week.
rebore a 4053 to 10mm? help needed
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I called and spoke to Mr. Vance. He is very knowledgable and a nice guy to speak with. He said he has done a bunch of these conversions. I am shipping out my barrels to him next week.
Responding to post#20,in the 'links' in post#2 in this thread,wasn't something mentioned about 'buffers' ?
Yes. Thank you for pointing that out . Hopefully someone can shed some light on that.
Yes........Buffer
You need something in there that cushions the blow incase the steel slide travels far enough back to impact the alloy frame.
If you have access to a mill, a little metal can be removed to make the buffer fit very nicely
I apologize for my lack of knowledge when it comes to this. I don't have any real gun smithing skill. Anything other then field stripping and cleaning my pieces, I'm a beginner, especially when it comes to any customizations....
just to make sure im on the same page, you put the new wolf spring around the factory spring and guide rod? any chance you can snap a pic of what your setup looks like? Thanks again for your and everyone else's input and help!
Yes, that's correct. I have two different slide/barrel/guide rod combinations for the single gun frame. The slide/barrel/g.rod combination in 10mm uses the smaller diameter (.235") OEM guide rod. This smaller guide rod employs a "nested" spring combination, with a smaller spring inside the larger diameter recoil spring. I have set the springs up with my ammo of choice so that the gun cycles open far enough to lock the slide back on the last round, but not far enough so that the slide impacts the frame. I'm currently using the factory OEM inner spring, part number 10867, and a Wolff 21 lb. outer spring, #47721. I'm not using a recoil buffer.
The .40 caliber components (different barrel, slide, guide rod and spring set) are fitted with the larger diameter (.290") guide rod and a single recoil spring. (Wolff, 21lbs)
I can switch the assembled slides on and off the frame, depending on what caliber I want to shoot.
The .40 caliber components (different barrel, slide, guide rod and spring set) are fitted with the larger diameter (.290") guide rod and a single recoil spring. (Wolff, 21lbs)
I can switch the assembled slides on and off the frame, depending on what caliber I want to shoot.
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Both the large and small guide rods are OEM.
from in post#31,"go from 10mm back to 40sw?"
Go back ????? you'd need a 40S&W barrel as the barrel rechambered to 10mm would no longer be usable with a 40S&W cartridge as the 40 would fall too far into the longer chamber necessary for 10mm.
It's not like the 357Magnum/38Special situation nor like the 610 situation that uses moon clips to hold the cartridges in proper position for firing pin strike.
Go back ????? you'd need a 40S&W barrel as the barrel rechambered to 10mm would no longer be usable with a 40S&W cartridge as the 40 would fall too far into the longer chamber necessary for 10mm.
It's not like the 357Magnum/38Special situation nor like the 610 situation that uses moon clips to hold the cartridges in proper position for firing pin strike.
I contacted wolff springs and they said they do not make a upgraded recoil spring for the cs40. Can you point me in the right direction as to the ones you used to convert yours?
Gotcha. i was just curious but once converted the will stay 10mm
Ordered a 10mm chamber reamer from Brownells. Next acquire a gun. At the Medina Ohio gun show this weekend,I'll be watching/searching for a 4013/4014/4053/4054.
Do you have, or did you order cutting oil to go with it?
Ordered no,because of having the cutting oil/fluid on hand. One of my 'backgrounds' was working in a engineering lab model shop and operated a Bridgeport mill and Clausing engine lathe. Lately,in the automotive realm,I've fabbed up suspension bracketry in stainless steel for my Camaro Z28. I know the importance of cutting fluids.
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Anything new on this? I'm in the process of converting a 4014 to 10mm and am following the progress in this thread 
