Barrel Interchange

[Pomona Pete]

Do the .36 and .44 barrels have the same thread (Pietta)?  Do the .36 and .44 Pietta revolvers use the same frame?  I am wanting to convert a Pietta Remington to .41 Colt, and want to use the heaviest frame possible.  If the .44 uses a larger frame and will accept a .36 barrel I can make a new cylinder which I hope would result in more metal between the cylinder bores.  Please help me out pards............does any of this make any sense?  As an end result I would like to have a .41 Colt conversion that would tolerate a bit more punch than a standard black powder load.

                                                                                                                  Pete

[Flint]

Both Pietta and Uberti use the 44 frame for both calibers.  The barrel threads are the same for each caliber, the 36 barrel is shorter.  Are you making a heel based 41 Colt?  With the 401 bore, you could chamber 38-40 for a better round..

[Pomona Pete]

Flint:

     I was thinking about using the newer .41 Colt with a standard .36 barrel.  I have made a lot of other conversions and would like to try something different.  I am open to any suggestion.  What problems would I run into with the 38-40?

                                                                                                                Pete

[Hoof Hearted]

Pete

I have a 41 Colt reamer which is ground to ream 38 Colt chambered conversion cylinders to 41 Colt.
Contact me and I will discuss the details with you (shoots very well and uses the inside lubed bullet).

HH

[Wolfgang]

Sounds like an interesting project.   Not one I'm interested in for my self though.  Keep posting progress as it develops . . . 

Good shootin', . . . . 

[Hoof Hearted]

Both Pietta and Uberti use the 44 frame for both calibers.  The barrel threads are the same for each caliber, the 36 barrel is shorter.  Are you making a heel based 41 Colt?  With the 401 bore, you could chamber 38-40 for a better round..

The "36" percussion barrel would not have a .401 bore..........it would be somewhere around .386 precluding the use of heel base bullets.

I have done about a dozen of these for myself, Walt kirst and our buddy Raven (Jay Strite). Mostly on Colt '51 Navy's but I also have one on a Uberti Remington Navy sized pistol and it works superbly!

My reamer is ground so that a 41 Colt with a heel base bullet will not chamber..........