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mykeal · September 11, 2008, 09:34 PM

W_houle - you're right, the conversion is possible but difficult, requiring modification of the hammer, frame and possibly even the barrel. The hammer has a firing 'pin' that's offset to the gun's right; the pin fits through a hole in the frame that's also offset. The percussion cylinder is indexed so that the nipple is under that hole instead of the center of the barrel when the cylinder is in battery. I'm not sure, but I believe the barrel also has a slight offset to match the chamber/nipple lineup with the hole in the frame.

September 11, 2008, 09:34 PM	#7
mykeal Senior Member Join Date: October 8, 2006 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 2,772	W_houle - you're right, the conversion is possible but difficult, requiring modification of the hammer, frame and possibly even the barrel. The hammer has a firing 'pin' that's offset to the gun's right; the pin fits through a hole in the frame that's also offset. The percussion cylinder is indexed so that the nipple is under that hole instead of the center of the barrel when the cylinder is in battery. I'm not sure, but I believe the barrel also has a slight offset to match the chamber/nipple lineup with the hole in the frame.