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  • rumplestilskinfish
    Member
    • Aug 2014
    • 422

    hipoint caliber swap?

    i want to convert a 380 to a 9mm. so i'm guessing a slide a barrel and spring? has anyone done it. or maybe its just a barrel
    reloading is like building tiny rocket ships. and testing how well they fly (or dont).
  • #2
    ar15barrels
    I need a LIFE!!
    • Jan 2006
    • 57064

    And probably a magazine unless they use 9mm magazines for their 380's.
    And if the magazines are different, you may need a different frame to fit the longer magazine.

    At some point, it will become cheaper to just buy another gun.
    Randall Rausch

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    • #3
      rumplestilskinfish
      Member
      • Aug 2014
      • 422

      ebay slide complete with barrel 44. and everything minus frame 80 ish
      reloading is like building tiny rocket ships. and testing how well they fly (or dont).

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      • #4
        ar15barrels
        I need a LIFE!!
        • Jan 2006
        • 57064

        Originally posted by rumplestilskinfish
        ebay slide complete with barrel 44. and everything minus frame 80 ish
        Does 9mm ammo fit in the 380 magazines you have?
        Randall Rausch

        AR work: www.ar15barrels.com
        Bolt actions: www.700barrels.com
        Foreign Semi Autos: www.akbarrels.com
        Barrel, sight and trigger work on most pistols and shotguns.
        Most work performed while-you-wait.

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        • #5
          rumplestilskinfish
          Member
          • Aug 2014
          • 422

          Yup
          reloading is like building tiny rocket ships. and testing how well they fly (or dont).

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          • #6
            ar15barrels
            I need a LIFE!!
            • Jan 2006
            • 57064

            Originally posted by rumplestilskinfish
            Yup
            You probably just need a whole top end then.
            Make sure you are using the 9mm spring as it would likely be different than the 380's spring.
            Randall Rausch

            AR work: www.ar15barrels.com
            Bolt actions: www.700barrels.com
            Foreign Semi Autos: www.akbarrels.com
            Barrel, sight and trigger work on most pistols and shotguns.
            Most work performed while-you-wait.

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            • #7
              rogdigity
              Senior Member
              • May 2009
              • 911

              The hipoint barrel is pinned In The frame. As I recall they're not readily removable.

              Sent from my LGLS991 using Tapatalk
              "I suppose i can part with one and still be feared..." -Prof. Hubert J. Farnesworth

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              • #8
                rumplestilskinfish
                Member
                • Aug 2014
                • 422

                Finished yesterday and test fired also. Yes it is pinned. removed with a punch on a piece of hard wood. And Installed in my vice with hard wood jaws
                Easy. Took 1 hr. Simple simple. Only prob is the last round in mag All ways stove pipes
                reloading is like building tiny rocket ships. and testing how well they fly (or dont).

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                • #9
                  rogdigity
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2009
                  • 911

                  Glad it was easy. But now you don't have the excuse to buy another one in another caliber.

                  I have the 40cal. I've thought about rechambered it to 10mm. There was a video on YouTube about how easy of a caliber swap it was.

                  Sent from my LGLS991 using Tapatalk
                  "I suppose i can part with one and still be feared..." -Prof. Hubert J. Farnesworth

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