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Doc Hoy · July 8, 2013, 03:17 PM

Frame is wrong for the center fire hammer.

You might be able to convert the hammer to a transfer or transfer firing pin system. Might be able to reshape the existing hammer and just install a transfer firing pin in the frame.

Cylinder is wrong. Take some fairly major machine work to turn it into a cartridge cylinder. If it can be done at all.

In the end, you will have a cap and ball version of a cartridge revolver which was converted back to cartridges.

I owned two such revolvers. One was Uberti 5.5 inch barrel and the other was Pietta 9 inch barrel. I liked them both but came to the conclusion that the design embodied too many philosophical compromises. In the last ten years I have sold a total of three revolvers. The two cap and ball Cattlemans are two of the three I have let go.

July 8, 2013, 03:17 PM	#6
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	It'd be a major project. Frame is wrong for the center fire hammer. You might be able to convert the hammer to a transfer or transfer firing pin system. Might be able to reshape the existing hammer and just install a transfer firing pin in the frame. Cylinder is wrong. Take some fairly major machine work to turn it into a cartridge cylinder. If it can be done at all. In the end, you will have a cap and ball version of a cartridge revolver which was converted back to cartridges. I owned two such revolvers. One was Uberti 5.5 inch barrel and the other was Pietta 9 inch barrel. I liked them both but came to the conclusion that the design embodied too many philosophical compromises. In the last ten years I have sold a total of three revolvers. The two cap and ball Cattlemans are two of the three I have let go. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.