Avatar
Please consider registering
Guest
Search
Forum Scope


Match



Forum Options



Minimum search word length is 3 characters - maximum search word length is 84 characters
Register Lost password?
sp_Feed sp_TopicIcon
44/22lr conversion kit
Avatar
James from Jersey
Kearny, NJ
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 76
Member Since:
February 16, 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
1
March 23, 2017 - 7:04 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print

This is a photo of my 6" 744 with Walther 22lr conversion kit installed. I purchased it many years ago (4/26/1988) after reading an article titled "Bears and Bunnies",  with the author and Alaskan native taking rabbits in the morning with the 22 and a nice black bear with the same S&W model 27......That was enough for me to send Gremmel Enterprises in Eugene, Oregon a money order for $95 for the kit....I will show a photo of the complete assembly with barrel and six brass 44/22 adopters in the next post. I never used it for hunting but found CCI 22lr stand. vel. to give acceptable 25yd groups. What I found interesting is that there is the same kit made for a 4" forty four for sale on e-bay selling for close to $400.....Image Enlarger

" I own more guns then I need but not as many as I want"

Avatar
James from Jersey
Kearny, NJ
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 76
Member Since:
February 16, 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
2
March 23, 2017 - 7:06 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print

" I own more guns then I need but not as many as I want"

Avatar
DakotaJack
SD
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 1728
Member Since:
August 28, 2009
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
3
March 23, 2017 - 7:40 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print

A pretty neat contraption ....but how does it attach to the .44 barrel?

Avatar
DA....64
Wisconsin

Supporter
Members


DWF Supporters
Forum Posts: 1592
Member Since:
June 11, 2016
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
Avatar
SCORPIO
PA

Supporter

Range Officer
Members


Moderators


DWF Supporters


Dans Club
Forum Posts: 4016
Member Since:
December 4, 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
5
March 23, 2017 - 8:31 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print

WOW interesting, but like Harley, I want to know how the barrel insert attaches.

Anything worth doing is worth doing well.

My father

If a man designed it, and a man built it, then a man can fix it.

My grandfather

Avatar
Stinger
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 3465
Member Since:
February 16, 2016
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
6
March 24, 2017 - 8:25 am
sp_Permalink sp_Print
Avatar
photohause
Sebastian, FL
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 2253
Member Since:
February 20, 2008
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
7
March 24, 2017 - 10:31 am
sp_Permalink sp_Print

 If you're going to drink, don't drive. Don't even putt. 

Avatar
James from Jersey
Kearny, NJ
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 76
Member Since:
February 16, 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
8
March 24, 2017 - 11:05 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print

Guys`s, The breech end of the 22 barrel, which is tapered to match the 44`s forcing cone, screws off and 3/4" long. You then slide the 22 barrel down the front of the 44 barrel and with the cylinder open you screw the breech end of the 22 back on and push it forward till the taper stops it. Then put a tapered plastic O-ring over the muzzle end and tighten down a brass lock nut and this is what locks the 22 barrel in place. Its a lot quicker to install then the time it takes to write it.... Then insert a 22lr into the brass shell and place a steel rimfire adopter over 22 and load into the DW 44. If you were able to do the installation you would see its fast and easy.......

" I own more guns then I need but not as many as I want"

Avatar
Steve
Member

Dans Club
Forum Posts: 10330
Member Since:
March 2, 2008
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
9
March 25, 2017 - 4:02 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print

I have never seen this before, very interesting. It looks like a well crafted, fairly complicated "Solution looking for a Problem"

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

George Carlin

Avatar
James from Jersey
Kearny, NJ
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 76
Member Since:
February 16, 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
10
March 26, 2017 - 5:39 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print sp_EditHistory

Steve, 30 years ago (1988) when I bought the unit it was an interesting concept, especially after reading how the Alaskan handgun hunter used the same gun to take rabbits and bear... Those German engineers really know how to design with the close tolerance`s which made it all the more appealing.... The complete unit weighs less the my 2" S&W m-63 but the Smith always goes in my pack while the conversion never accompanied me on a handgun hunt.... Still a unique piece of the past...

" I own more guns then I need but not as many as I want"

Avatar
Stinger
Member
Members
Forum Posts: 3465
Member Since:
February 16, 2016
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
11
March 26, 2017 - 6:37 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print

Don't listen to the naysayers .. although I have never seen this before, it is very interesting and looks like a well engineered, fairly simple solution to a widely desired conversion. Rock on !

Avatar
SHOOTIST357
Colorado Springs, CO

Supporter

Range Officer
Members


Range Officers
Forum Posts: 4788
Member Since:
May 2, 2009
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
12
March 27, 2017 - 2:02 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print

those were really popular and work well--they've been around a long time, and used to be weekly on ebay.

SHOOT

Avatar
Charger Fan
Northern Utah

Supporter
Members


Moderators
Forum Posts: 11176
Member Since:
January 24, 2009
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
13
April 3, 2017 - 7:04 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print
Forum Timezone: America/New_York
Most Users Ever Online: 658
Currently Online:
Guest(s) 68
Currently Browsing this Page:
1 Guest(s)
Top Posters:
Steve: 10330
SHOOTIST357: 4788
Dave_Ks: 4300
Ole Dog: 4086
Stinger: 3465
Supermagfan: 3254
zoommb: 3161
IHMSA80x80: 3014
Blacktop: 3004
brucertx: 2311
Newest Members:
sfdyaafaasdsdFkds
phique2000
peterodin@msn.com
MarisaFut4580
Brad Merriman
Kennethpem
Jerry
DavidCot
mrpistol43
Wittype
Forum Stats:
Groups: 11
Forums: 42
Topics: 16855
Posts: 148477

 

Member Stats:
Guest Posters: 87
Members: 11710
Moderators: 4
Admins: 1
Administrators: Jody
Moderators: lbruce, Charger Fan, rwsem, SCORPIO