Over the years I have seen a lot of people convert from one caliber to another, but most often the cost of having it done is two-three times more than the value of the gun.
Sometimes i just want what i want, and i'm willing to work extra jobs or what ever and save until i can get what i want...
What i wanted, was a pretty much wore out M-19 i owned, converted to 44 spl... I found someone who i thought did excelent work and could do it property. We agreed on a price for what i wanted done, and i sent him the gun and a down payment. To get the "rest of the money", i agreed to fly out in a helocopter to a crashed airplane in the bush and live there untill the owners decided how to retrive it... Now, that may sound like easy money, untill you factor in that it was winter time in Alaska, and dipping to 15 below zero every night! I lived "without heat" and had to stay on site 24/7 as long as it took!!
I slept in that plane night after night, with the wind howleing like **** EVERY night, shakeing the be-jesus out of that plane makeing it hard to get any sleep at all.
Living in 15 below zero in an unheated aluminum tube isn't exactly a piece of cake, and i'm the only one who would do it because of the temps... but i got what i wanted and that's all i cared about!
And, here it is some 25 years later, and i don't care what it's worth!
DM