I passed on one of these last year for $500, now kicking myself. It was a really nice French police trade-in. Interesting extractor design, though God forbid you need any parts replaced nowadays.
That's an interesting idea. I'm looking at a M64 now for $300. I wonder if you could shoot +P after the conversion. TK says no "high pressure" loads afterward. For $700 I could have a M64 that could shoot either 9mm or 38 spl.Forget that. I would by a $300-$350 Model 10 Heavy Barrel or Model 64 and send it to TK Custom for conversion to 9mm and then have a moonclip feed gun that could shoot 38 Special or 9mm on moonclips. I would much MUCH rather have moonclips than the silly extractor for running 9mm without moonclips.
That's an interesting idea. I'm looking at a M64 now for $300. I wonder if you could shoot +P after the conversion. TK says no "high pressure" loads afterward. For $700 I could have a M64 that could shoot either 9mm or 38 spl.
A suggestion was made to me that the best way to do the conversion would be to get another M64 cylinder converted to 9mm. It starts getting pricey but it would almost be like having two guns. I apologize for drifting off topic. I should start another thread about the conversion. Thanks for the info.Yeah I think you would be find with 38 Special +P but not 9mm +P. I talked to them through and email exchange and he said he would do the 9mm conversion on a newer Model 10/64 that was +P rated and that as long as you did not push the 9mm pass regular 9mm pressures you would have no issue shooting either cartridge. I ultimately have not done it to my Model 10 but mostly because at present I do not own a single 9mm handgun other than the 9mm conversion cylinder for my Blackhawk.
This might be of interest here:
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This is a to scale drawing (CAD) a minimum spec 357 Magnum chamber in Black and a minimum spec 9mm Luger chamber in Blue. As you can see the 9mm chamber is only slightly larger in diameter at the base.