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Black powder and smokeless powder work in fundamentally very different ways. The smokeless powder "way of working" is not compatible with black-powder guns.
Not only that, but most guns intended for black powder are BUILT for black powder. That means that they often use different steels, different hardening processes, etc. Measuring a smokeless powder gun and a black powder gun and saying there's the same amount of metal in a given spot is not giving anywhere near the entire picture.
You MUST not try to apply logic to this problem because without the proper background you have no chance of drawing valid conclusions. Not trying to be nasty, just trying to save you from spinning your wheels or getting injured. BTW, very few people have the kind of background required to fully understand the answer the question--and I'm not one of them.
Your question is a very dangerous one in that it sounds very simple but the full answer is very complex. Because you don't get a full answer, or because someone tries to give you a full answer that you can't comprehend because of your lack of background in the subject, you will remain convinced that you are right. That's how people get hurt. The old saw about knowing enough to be dangerous is DEAD on the money in this case.
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