My response might very well been perceived as snooty, it was not my intention. I did ask a question and am grateful for the whole two replies I received. With that said, I have posed this question in 2 other forums and received plenty of advice, some suggesting, that it was practical. So I thought I might try a forum devoted to pistols. Quite frankly, I didn't enter this forum to find a mind reader, sooth sayer or literary critic. If my reply offended you, you have my sympathy, but you my friend should leave the fortune telling to the professionals. Reuglydog said:What a snooty response to an honest answer to your questions. You asked if this "transformation" was possible and received the answer that it will cost quite a bit of money. You also asked if it was practical and was told it wasn't. You also asked for other comments and received some practical and economical suggestions regarding alternatives. If you did not want the answers you received, you should have phrased the questions in a manner that would give you the answers you wanted. Then again, you would have probably then complained of getting bad advice.
With all due respect, I'd suggest you recommend to those folks that they use the dictionary and look up the definition of "practical".1stMarDiv said:......I have posed this question in 2 other forums and received plenty of advice, some suggesting, that it was practical.......)
wwb said:With all due respect, I'd suggest you recommend to those folks that they use the dictionary and look up the definition of "practical".1stMarDiv said:......I have posed this question in 2 other forums and received plenty of advice, some suggesting, that it was practical.......)
Also bear in mind that one needs no special qualifications to post an opinion on an internet forum.... and that some of the most enthusiastic and frequent posters are, in fact, totally unqualified to express any opinion whatsoever; their babbling is quite apparently B.S. to the knowledgeable, but frequently taken as gospel by the neophyte.
As I stated in my first response, unless you're a gunsmith/machinist and do it yourself, it most definitely is NOT practical. A decent gunsmith is gonna hit you for at least $250 for a job like that... and most likely closer to $350. Should anything ever go wrong with it, as far as Ruger is concerned, you have no warranty. If you sold your SRH for $450-$500 and dropped $550-$600 for an Alaskan (worst case scenario), your net cost would be about $100 and you'd have a firearm that Ruger would cover forever.
It's quite possible you didn't get any further responses because other members read my post and decided there wasn't much more to say.
Or a Claymore with a Grip and trigger !!Sigp250c said:My god! :shock: A 2 3/4 inch S&W 500? Why not just buy a hand grenade and call it a day?