short barrel 58 remington

[Cabofdoom]

have seen a number of 5.5 inch barreled remingtons , but I was curious if there is anyone out there with one in the 3.75 to 4.5 inch range? I understand that the loading lever might be done away with. Just museing the morning after Christmas

COD

 

[pondoro]

I have seen meny pictures, some old, others modern modifications. I am not sure how short the factory supplied them. One picture of an old gun had almost no barrel at all (I saw it in a magazine a few years ago).

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Here is a custom short barreled job, was so neat looking I copied the pic .

 

[Cabofdoom]

Here is a custom short barreled job, was so neat looking I copied the pic .

Whats the barrel length on that and did you do the work yourself or have it done by someone else?

Damn nice lookin sidearm

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Here is a custom short barreled job, was so neat looking I copied the pic .

Whats the barrel length on that and did you do the work yourself or have it done by someone else?

Damn nice lookin sidearm

Neither, it is not mine, but when I saw the pic I copied it for reference just in case I decided to do one similar.

The barrel length from frame forward can be extrapolated pretty close in pic from actual known cylinder length.

With just a wooden ruler, I measure 1.875" (1 7/8") cylinder length on my Pietta. On my computer screen I measure the pic cylinder length at 1.125. (1 1/8") 1.875 divided by 1.125=1.67. The barrel in pic I measured at 1.81. (1 13/16")

1.81x1.67=3.02". So from my rudimentary measurements, I would place the barrel length (from frame forward) at 3"

 

[jgilbo]

man thats nice makes me want to shorten mine. its nice to see what it would look like.

 

[Poor Private]

Of course now it's goin to be a bugger to load. Your going to have to pull the cylinder to load each time and using a loading stand, or cary a cheater bar around with you. If you just use the loading lever as is, there is goin to be blisters.
But it's a nice BP hide out weapon the way it is to use in a shoulder holster or placed in a haversack, or bag.

 

[Cabofdoom]

Now I just have to figure out where I can get the work done locally

 

[RjSixgun]

I gotta keep my eyes open for a used remmie to do that to, looks like a fun little gun.

 

[shunka]

Since I am planning on doing it myself, I had to go find these links again.
enjoy

First go here and drool: http://www.alliancelink.com/srrs/photos.htm

Read about the Ultimate Remington: http://www.alliancelink.com/srrs/articles/ultrem.htm

Then Learn How to chop it yourself: http://www.chipengelmann.com/Grips/Remmies.html
http://www.hobbygunsmith.com/Archives/Jun03/HowTo.htm

Kirst Cylinders and Parts: http://www.riverjunction.com/kirst/konverteracc.html

and here you can see Halfway Creek Charlie's (aka Gunslinger) cut 8" bbl, .44Rem 6shot conversion, with his special hinged cylinder pin that allows a barrel shorter than 5 1/2 "

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[Cabofdoom]

Thanks for the links. The project dosnt seem quite so daunting now

COD

 

[shunka]

If you can track down Half Creek Charlie, he seems to be willing to make & sell these jointed cylinder pins. I have not seen him on CAS lately, you can try contacting him there or on the High Road. http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=2309457

Colt open tops are easier to chop, somewhat sleeker and make a great Swiss Army pistol since you can have multiple barrels and grip frames. But nothing beats a Remmy.

Just for fun I fotoshopped my idea of the ultimate remmy - removed & cut barrel, chop & weld front of frame, chop and weld grip frame....
http://www.geocities.com/thylvethter/Rondy/bird-rem.jpg

and darned if it doesn't look like a percussion colt thunderer :-( ...