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Old 10-31-2015, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by federali View Post
While I've never seen a "modern" revolver in cap-and-ball configuration, I believe a competent machinist/gunsmith might be able to convert a recent production gun, such as one from Uberti, to double action.

At the advent of cartridge firing revolvers, existing stocks of cap-and-ball revolvers were converted to cartridge firing guns by the manufacturers.
Probably, you're right, that some gunsmiths can convert a standard gun-use-cartridge into a cap and ball, but that's not a point, because... it's still a "normal firearm", but converted.
Normal firearm = prohibited *
Convert = illegal *

* Of course, in almost whole Europe.
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