will 929 titanium cylinder work in 327?

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so let me preface this by saying that I just had TK Custom do some cylinder work for me on my 327 to shoot 9mm... so with my current cylinder, I have an 8-shot 327 that can shoot 357/38 with or without moonclips and can shoot 9mm with moonclips (for 9mm, moonclips are absolutely needed with this setup).

they did a great job and I am very happy... but...

I got to wondering (since the 929 cylinder can shoot 9mm with AND without moonclips), can you just get a 929 cylinder and will it drop in/ work in the 327? both are 8shot.

If so, maybe I shouldve just bought a spare 929 cylinder, but then again I do like the idea of being able to shoot 3 calibers out of the same cylinder.

 

[Lou_the_welder]

The 929 cannot shoot 9mms without moonclips.
I've tried. Some fire. Some don't.
The 9mm is rimless and needs the clips to headspace correctly.

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The 986 will not fire without moonclips. I've tried that recently.
Out of my 327/627s, I shoot 9mm,38 specials and 357s. I use 38 short Colt cases and load 9mm bullets with the same moonclips.

 

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thanks for the response... so i guess what i have is the best case scenario for what i am looking for

 

[Ignatz]

The 929 cylinder is around a 1/4" shorter than the 38/357 cylinder.

 

[epj]

I don't know for certain, but I would not be surprised if the 929 cylinder weren't shorter than the 327 cylinder. At least it looks shorter in photos. That, of course, would be a deal breaker.

 

[WC145]

I wouldn't shoot .38s or .357s out of your converted cylinder. The 9mm case is tapered so your chambers are wider at the base now and the .38/.357 cases will fire form to the new chamber dimensions making them bulge at the base and possibly stick in the chambers with low pressure ammo and split with +p or magnum ammo. I have a 360J that I had converted to 9mm back in 2008 by Pinnacle and Mark recommends against using .38/.357 ammo in his conversions for those reasons. I, of course, tried it and he was correct. I eventually had him fit a titanium .38spl cylinder to it to give me the option of shooting .38s if I wanted.

 

[Lou_the_welder]

Dimensionally, I like the short Colts to shoot 9mms in a 38/357 cylinder. The "shorts" are nothing more than shortened 38 specials, almost the length of 9mm. I use starline short colt brass.
The 9mm moonclip(929) is the middle one. Almost indistinguishable from the 9mm in short colt brass. The rest are shorts for the 327/627 8 shot. Ranch products moonclips for the 27s.

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I'll echo wc145. While you can shoot 38/357 I wouldn't feed it a steady diet, especially not 357 (due to high pressures). I'm betting you've got something else better suited for those if you want to spend a day mostly shooting magnums.
I too had a cylinder machined, and did the obligatory caliber comparisons after. I had a few stuck (ish) cases and some bulges. Nothing actually split on me but it was enough to make me cautious.

 

[Wee Hooker]

so let me preface this by saying that I just had TK Custom do some cylinder work for me on my 327 to shoot 9mm... so with my current cylinder, I have an 8-shot 327 that can shoot 357/38 with or without moonclips and can shoot 9mm with moonclips (for 9mm, moonclips are absolutely needed with this setup).

they did a great job and I am very happy... but...

I got to wondering (since the 929 cylinder can shoot 9mm with AND without moonclips), can you just get a 929 cylinder and will it drop in/ work in the 327? both are 8shot.

If so, maybe I shouldve just bought a spare 929 cylinder, but then again I do like the idea of being able to shoot 3 calibers out of the same cylinder.

Curious, have you tried shooting 38/357 without clips since the work was done?