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April 25, 2014
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I know the frame and shroud are the same on the 357 and the 22 so what do I need to swap besides the cylinder and the barrel to do such a conversion?
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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Sorry, won't work, firing pin strikes in a different location for .22 and .357
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George Carlin
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Dans Club
March 27, 2009
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Plus threads are different! Dan did this so as to keep folks from blowing stuff up! Heck just pick up a 22 and let the fun begin! Did you grab that 22 cylinder on ebay?
April 25, 2014
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no I passed on the 22 cylinder . Thought I better find out if it would work first. I know I've seen 22's on Gunbroker that had 357 shrouds on them.
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October 14, 2010
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The shrouds are interchangeable. The barrel tubes are not.
Barrel tubes are much easier to get and less money than shrouds. If you have a VH8 for your 15-2 but only have a 4" barrel for your model 22 you can buy an 8" 22 barrel tube and put the 357 VH8 shroud on the 22 barrel tube. I don't see VH8 22 barrel assemblies come up for sale often so some guys do the shroud swap and don't worry about the caliber stamp being wrong.
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Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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Hosspower said
The shrouds are interchangeable. The barrel tubes are not.Barrel tubes are much easier to get and less money than shrouds. If you have a VH8 for your 15-2 but only have a 4" barrel for your model 22 you can buy an 8" 22 barrel tube and put the 357 VH8 shroud on the 22 barrel tube. I don't see VH8 22 barrel assemblies come up for sale often so some guys do the shroud swap and don't worry about the caliber stamp being wrong.
I shot a model 22 in 6" exactly this way for several years, .22 6" barrel, .357 6" shroud. Easily done.
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
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