Can I used a 22 mag cylinder on a Black widow frame marked 22LR?

[mtbjunkie]

I have a cylinder from my 4" 22 mag revolver and it fits perfectly into my smaller Black widow that's frame is stamped 22LR.  Further, when placing the 22 mag round manually into the barrel of both, only the projectile tip fits perfectly into the barrel. Consequently, when placing a 22LR round in both barrels, the projectile tip AND part of the shell slides further into each exactly the same.  I have a 3rd 22LR pocket revolver that I compared against, and placed a 22LR round into that barrel, and only the projectile tip fits in perfectly with none of the casing sliding through.  Does it look like the Black Widow stamped 22LR was modified to shoot 22 mag?  Is that even possible through NAA? SEE PHOTOS. Thoughts?

[top dog]

MTB,
First welcome to the forum. A lot of fine folks here.

I would say that all Black Widows are made to handle the magnum round but I would suggest you send the BW to NAA to have them fit a magnum cylinder to it.

Their turn around time is fairly quick and customer service is excellent.

No sense in taking any risk to do damage to the weapon or your well being.

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[OV-1D]

Welcome to the asylum there Mtbjunkie . Can we see the cylinder pin for the gun in question ? Don't have any answers till I see that pin if any answers come to mind . Earlier guns had tighter tolerances .    

[Rick_Jorgenson]

Welcome to the Forum!

I have several Black Widows and Mini Masters that were "Long Rifle" from the factory (came only with the LR cylinder)  I sent them to NAA and purchased Magnum Cylinders.

The reason for sending them to NAA is so the cylinder is "timed" to the gun.

As I understand the cylinder-to-frame coupling... Each cylinder is timed to each specific frame and should not be mixed.

If the cylinder is a couple of thousands off the projectile would shave off lead if the edge of the barrel does not line up on center.

Just recently, I picked up another Mini Master that was marked "long Rifle" from the factory with only the LR cylinder. It's heading to NAA to have a Magnum cylinder timed so I have both for it.
See this thread...
https://naaminis.com/smf/index.php/topic,27069.0.html

Good luck, let us know what you decided to do! 

[top dog]

MTB,
I see that you have several nice minis. May I suggest that you take a look at Desert Gunleather for some super nice rigs for them??

Rick makes holsters second to none!!!

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