Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoCan you scale down a firearm to make an identical looking firearm that fires a different round?message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up129file-text
arrow-up129message-squareCan you scale down a firearm to make an identical looking firearm that fires a different round?Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
Like, could you make a smaller version of a 1911 that fires 22lr instead of .45 by just scaling all the parts to the 22lr?
minus-squareAnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoCalibre conversion kits do exist. I think they could be for might be cases where people want to practice marksmanship with smaller calibers like a .22 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliber_conversion_device
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoI have an easily swapable bolt that let’s my AR-15 shoot .22LR. Pretty nifty, though not quite as accurate since the bullet is .003 thinner.
Calibre conversion kits do exist. I think they could be for might be cases where people want to practice marksmanship with smaller calibers like a .22 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliber_conversion_device
I have an easily swapable bolt that let’s my AR-15 shoot .22LR. Pretty nifty, though not quite as accurate since the bullet is .003 thinner.