Pat Boone the Magician

**Bang** · July 19th, 2023, 08:13 PM

Was just on FOX, holding an old .44 percussion revolver, describing how years ago he fired a .22 bullet from it.

**Manxdriver** · July 19th, 2023, 10:53 PM

I heard that too. I thought, *well, his mind has gone round the bend!*

**Delkal** · July 19th, 2023, 10:58 PM

Pat Boon is still around? He must be at least 100 so give him a break.

**cdi** · July 19th, 2023, 11:23 PM

I caught a glimpse of the revolver he was holding. Looked like an 1860 Army that had a cartridge conversion done. I didn*t see a percussion cylinder and it had an ejector shroud instead of a ram.
Pat wasn*t wearing his signature Pat Boo e Sweater either. I guess the WEF finally got to him.

**Story** · July 22nd, 2023, 06:45 AM

Originally Posted by cdi

I caught a glimpse of the revolver he was holding. Looked like an 1860 Army that had a cartridge conversion done. I didn*t see a percussion cylinder and it had an ejector shroud instead of a ram.

Nice catch. .22 LR conversions of the .44 cap and ball revolvers have been a thing since the 1870s or so.
They are commercially available now https://kirstkonverter.com/22-colt-conversion-kit.html

Article is worth reading, too
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...torpedoes.html

**Spaceballs** · July 22nd, 2023, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by Story

Nice catch. .22 LR conversions of the .44 cap and ball revolvers have been a thing since the 1870s or so.
They are commercially available now https://kirstkonverter.com/22-colt-conversion-kit.html

Article is worth reading, too
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...torpedoes.html

Pretty sure Pat Boone saw the original one in 1870