Successful 1911 .45 to 10mm swap?

[freakshow10mm]

Anyone know of a relatively successful swap with a .45 1911 to a 10mm? Slide, barrel, extractor, ejector part swap for sure. Any problems with a ramped vs non-ramped barrel? I heard something somewhere about the ramping not matching up to the barrel within the frame- might not work with bullets smaller than .45 diam. Any other issues (mag switch obvious)?

I was thinking of doing a single stack .45 to 10mm instead of Para P16. I have been lurking on gunbroker.com and all the P16s seem to be $600+. Kinda pricey to start off with. I plan on doing the basic spring swap, FP stop, but getting a barrel chambered in 10mm and selling the other to offset the cost some.

I was thinking of doing something like a Charles Daly or some kind of similar priced .45 to start with. Not an extreme like RIA or High Standard. My dealer has a RIA in stock for $385. Seems pricey for a RIA.

I just got my Carbon Creations catalog for grips and drooled over the Caspian commander with Damascus slide.;P ;P

[2240]

I've done one and it was not sucessful. Back in the days when Graf&Sons used to sell Colt parts I put a Colt DE slide on top of a Gov't frame. Had a smith replace the ejector also. It was not very reliable. I am sure if I had pumped a couple of hundred more bucks into it I could have got a good smith to get it to feed, but decided to sell it and bought a stainless DE Gold Cup instead. Have not regreted my decision.

[sjstill]

I had thought about that too, even bought a slide & a take-off Delta Elite barrel & bushing. Never have got around to it.

Slide & barrel are FS, if anyone is interested.

[RooK]

sjstill, you have mail! :)

I've been contemplating this myself for my RIA. Depending on how much you want for the DE stuff, I might take it off your hands.