Kirst Konverter Installed!

[Yankee John]

Well, I finished installing the Kirst Konverter in my 1 day old Remington. I bought the .45LC set-up used on a different forum.  It is the ported version without a loading gate. And, I got an extra cylinder in .45 ACP too!

Everything went ok, but I ran into something unexpected; As I was grinding on the recoil shield, I discovered a couple of tiny air pockets in the metal. Obviously, defects when it was being cast. I had to remove a bit more metal from the lower part of the recoil shield than I really wanted to, but I was able to remove that flaw completely. You can see what remains of the other flaw in the top part of the recoil shield (a speck about the size of a pinhead).

Other than having a "hogged out" loading port (no problems loading or unloading cartridges here!), this one should make a fine shooter.

John

[Yankee John]

Ejector rod cut-out in the loading lever:

[Halfway Creek Charlie]

John,
In the two I have ported I never ran into an air pocket. HMMMM something to look out for I guess.
Good Job John!!!

Now all you need is the 44 Rem Konverterextra cylinder and you too can shoot the original cartridge  in that Remington!
They will both work with your recoil ring!

HCC