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BADsnack
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Hey Thanks so much for getting back to me. I figured a real one could fit in there with a little tweaking..... .44 cylinders are hard to find. I've not found one yet. But I have found a .357 cylinder that looks to be the same size. Just with different size holes for the rounds obvi....the seller is taking some measurements for me to see if it is in fact the same size as the .44 cylinder. it's the only one I've been able to find recently. Alot of.38 parts and cylinders. ZERO .44 cylinders and very few parts.
Would you also possibly know if other parts could be dropped in? it seems like the model 44 that tomen used is pretty spot on as far as functionality. Meaning real parts can be put in here and there and possibly still function like the tomen does with its hammer and trigger feature.
Hirohawa
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The .357 Cylinder will fit but might not index with each trigger pull. I would hold out for a .44 Cylinder. Regarding the other parts (Hammer, Trigger etc) they would need quite a bit more work than the cylinder to fit and in my opinion wouldn't be worth the trouble as they are already metal from Tomenosuke. If you have access to metal milling machines that are precise and can mil out pockets it would not be that difficult to alter the real parts but a pain with a Dremel and hand tools.
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BADsnack
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Okay so I actually found a .44 cylinder. I've got one on the way. I held out long enough, though it was hard lol.....but I waited just enough and found one.
So, as you mentioned, indexing with each trigger pull. I was worrying about the dimensions of the details and how well they match up on the ejector of the charter and tomen. If the hand would work at spinning the charter cylinder with each pull. Seen any examples of simply putting the charter cylinder in and it working with the tomen hand and stop? I was only considering replacing those parts if the tomen parts wouldn't work with the charter cylinder.
Hirohawa
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Works perfectly with The Tomen parts. No need to change out hand or stop. Make sure the Charter Cylinder has ejector and is complete.
BADsnack
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Maannnnn.....Thats awesome. This is going to be an awesome mod I have a feeling.
So another thing I was wondering about. How do you think its best to attach the charter cylinder? Using the charter crane arm, leaving the ejector rod/cylinder assembly alone and just attaching the left side cover plate to the charter crane? or just using the charter cylinder/ejector on the tomen crane and rod system? if that all makes sense. Basically I'm thinking...Use the charter crane arm and the whole charter cylinder system, or sliding the charter cylinder onto the tomen arm/rod system.
BADsnack
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yea i've got a drill press. never tapped any threads in......but I'm sure I can manage. I'm good at this sort of thing..... ill always have the tomen crane assembly as a back up. But I should be fine. Im going to try that route first. So what I found was a .357 crane arm and full cylinder assembly. Arm, complete ejector rod, cylinder and ejector. Then a cylinder & ejector in the .44 spl. I should be able to switch the cylinder out onto the arm/ejector rod and it be compatible. a lot of the other parts are interchangeable. I hope im not mistaken on this theory........Yikes!!
I wanted to use the ejector assembly from charter to hopefully retain some of the movement of the ejector. I know the ejector rod needs to be trimmed to a degree to fit. but I was hoping that little 1/4 inch piece left sticking out could offer me some movement still after the install is complete. I've not yet been able to study the mechanics of the ejector rod fully. I will have all these pieces in a couple days to start looking at it all.
Oh BTW, thanks so much for going back and forth with me on all this stuff. You have no idea how much I appreciate you taking the time to answer all these questions and concerns. Thank you so much, my friend...
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