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Will the threads match, or will the barrel or frame have to be rethreaded?

Chas.

AndyC wrote: Wed Jun 27, 2018 6:07 pm Couger (Colt barrel on a Ruger frame) which is something I've wanted for a few decades now.


To be updated as things progress; I'm in zero hurry.

Andy, I totally get the "just because I can" reason but is there some other reason for doing this?

Thanks

I am wondering if the value of that barrel will be much better as is. Pythons are commanding some pretty high prices these days and it looks to be going higher.

I suppose if one can put Chevy engines in Ford Body's, why not with guns?

Seen one today at a Pawn Shop that was about 80% at best for $1,500.00.

carlson1 wrote: Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:43 pm Seen one today at a Pawn Shop that was about 80% at best for $1,500.00.

Wow!!!

AndyC wrote: Wed Jun 27, 2018 6:07 pm Snagged a brand-new 4" Colt Python barrel (new old stock from the Colt factory sold at auction); this will eventually go towards building a Couger (Colt barrel on a Ruger frame) which is something I've wanted for a few decades now..

Keeping it .357 Magnum, or going .357 Bain & Davis as per the write-up in Guns & Ammo magazine in the early 1970's?

I was expecting to see a Beretta Cougar 8357 in 357 Sig.

AndyC wrote: Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:31 pm I'm no expert on the specifics but my understanding is that the barrel threads have to be welded up, machined down and re-threaded.

I'm just guessing here, but I wonder if the barrel could be sleeved with a sleeve that was threaded inside and out, then pinned into the frame.

Chas.

AndyC wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:53 pm I reckon I'm safer handing this over to a pro who's done this before.

Why? You don't trust an attorney playing amateur design engineer/gunsmith?

Chas.

Thanks Charles for the laugh out loud humor!

None of us get enough of that.