Nickel Plated
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Just curious if one could convert a cap & ball revolver using the parts from a factory "conversion"?
Namely I'm thinking of barrels. If you want to convert a .36cal cap&ball and don't feel like dealing with heeled bullets. Then you'd have to send your barrel to be relined.
But why not buy a factory "conversion" .38cal barrel? They cost right about the same as a lining job, but you don't have to wait for the barrel to get to the gunsmith, wait for the smith to get around to doing it, wait for him to ship it back to you which all in all could take a month or more. And you get a factory barrel without any concerns if the smith might have done a hack job on it.
I have a Uberti '58 Navy on it's way to me and will be doing a Kirst .38spl conversion as soon as some more money frees up. And I was thinking of just buying a factory conversion barrel and installing it. Then I could even keep the original .375 cap&ball barrel incase I ever want to go back to shooting cap&ball.
Namely I'm thinking of barrels. If you want to convert a .36cal cap&ball and don't feel like dealing with heeled bullets. Then you'd have to send your barrel to be relined.
But why not buy a factory "conversion" .38cal barrel? They cost right about the same as a lining job, but you don't have to wait for the barrel to get to the gunsmith, wait for the smith to get around to doing it, wait for him to ship it back to you which all in all could take a month or more. And you get a factory barrel without any concerns if the smith might have done a hack job on it.
I have a Uberti '58 Navy on it's way to me and will be doing a Kirst .38spl conversion as soon as some more money frees up. And I was thinking of just buying a factory conversion barrel and installing it. Then I could even keep the original .375 cap&ball barrel incase I ever want to go back to shooting cap&ball.