Colt 45 9mm Conversion?

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I read a very interesting magazine the other day. It was on Colt handguns and was published in 1983. In it there were pictures of the Colt 22 conversions for a Government model as well as a 9mm conversion for the same gun. Has anyone ever come across one of these? It would sure be nice if they were still available. Of course since they aren't I can only assume there were some problems with them. TC
 
^ I bought a Colt series 80 Gov. model in 9mm to compliment my .45 (exactly the same.) IMHO get a dedicated gun for the 9mm platform as there are quite a few things that need to be tuned to make her run well.
 
To make the conversion I believe you need a complete 9mm slide with all 9mm internal parts( firing pin ,extractor ,etc.) , 9mm barrel , Commander .45/9mm ejector , a 9mm slide release because the mags are different and also 9mm mags.
 
pitdogboy: Does the slide lock back on the 9mm after the last shot? I have been known to be wrong once or twice before, but I think the mag followers are different on .45 and 9mm and the follower is what activates the slide locking. If the slide locking back is not important any slide release would work.
 
FWIW...My Norc NP29 is set-up for .45ACP/9mm/.38 Super/38 Special.
The NP29 slide serves for 9mm/.38 Super.
A Norc .45 ACP slide serves for .45 ACP/.38 Special.
38 Super Mags are used for .38 Super/9mm.
The .38 Special set-up requires its own tweaked extractor and recoil spring.
The SAME slide release is used for ALL combinations.

Everything functions correctly.:)

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Gunnar at ARMCO did the work.

Cheers.
 
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