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w_houle · September 11, 2008, 08:52 PM

I would think the BP version wouldn't be a simple conversion to cartridge by just switching cylinders. The BATFE would categorize it as a smokeless handgun if all it took was a switch. I know that it seems like a paradox, considering that the 1851 and the 1860 just takes a conversion cylinder to fire cartridges. It's just a matter of what it's suppose to be. If the smokeless cylinder fits, then it's just a matter of making the hammer hit the primer. It the hammer doesn't hit the primer, then it's just a matter of making one that will hit the primer. So making this gun fire cartridges may be a possibility, but it is going to take effort.

September 11, 2008, 08:52 PM	#5
w_houle Senior Member Join Date: March 29, 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,391	I would think the BP version wouldn't be a simple conversion to cartridge by just switching cylinders. The BATFE would categorize it as a smokeless handgun if all it took was a switch. I know that it seems like a paradox, considering that the 1851 and the 1860 just takes a conversion cylinder to fire cartridges. It's just a matter of what it's suppose to be. If the smokeless cylinder fits, then it's just a matter of making the hammer hit the primer. It the hammer doesn't hit the primer, then it's just a matter of making one that will hit the primer. So making this gun fire cartridges may be a possibility, but it is going to take effort. __________________ How could you have a slogan like "freedom is slavery" when the concept of freedom has been abolished?