Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I live in NY, by the time I had the moola saved up the hoops I'd have to jump through might well be beyond my ability!Better have deep pockets cause the ROA is nearing a grand, nowadays.
I live in NY, by the time I had the moola saved up the hoops I'd have to jump through might well be beyond my ability!Better have deep pockets cause the ROA is nearing a grand, nowadays.
I had a beautiful Uberti Remington 1875, it would bind up shooting black in just 4 shots.Had a Uberti 73 SAA clone that started getting sticky after 5 and bound up before 10. I have a friend with a 73 SAA clone in .45 that can run a box of 50 with full black. I now own a 73 SAA Uberti in .44 wcf that will run at least 30 with Dick Dastardly's "Big Lube" bullet. About 18 with a RCBS 44-200-CM.
I don't lose any sleep over a convicted felon buying a conversion cylinder. I'll bet that is extremely rare. Single actions aren't exactly what a criminal is looking for, especially one as slow to load and reload as they are. More likely to just possess illegally. I sat in court many times listening to the Judge drone on about now as a convicted felon you. may not possess a firearm, and parts of a firearm, etc. Dire consequences, huge fine, 10 years in prison, blah blah blah. Never saw a felon get nailed for having a gun. Always dealt away during the plea bargaining dance with the DA. It's all bullsquat.Many of the users of cartridge conversions are people that enjoy the historical significance of that transition from Cap & Ball to cartridges. For those folks the conversions represent a cool time in history. Sort of like the folks that collect the old 23 channel CB radios or 1970’s hi-fi receivers.
Unfortunately, there’s another set of people that acquire cartridge conversions for unlawful reasons. That group are prohibited persons that cannot lawfully possess a firearm. They order a cap & ball revolver and then acquire a conversion cylinder. This is still an illegal act because even if the gun falls outside of the 1968 GCA, it still meets the definition of a firearm. So, while the seller can unwittingly deliver the cap & ball revolver without committing a violation, the buyer in that case is still violating the law.
Are the modern conversions even, historically correct?Many of the users of cartridge conversions are people that enjoy the historical significance of that transition from Cap & Ball to cartridges. For those folks the conversions represent a cool time in history.
Sometimes yes, sometimes no.Are the modern conversions even, historically correct?
Amen.I don't lose any sleep over a convicted felon buying a conversion cylinder. I'll bet that is extremely rare. Single actions aren't exactly what a criminal is looking for, especially one as slow to load and reload as they are. More likely to just possess illegally. I sat in court many times listening to the Judge drone on about now as a convicted felon you. may not possess a firearm, and parts of a firearm, etc. Dire consequences, huge fine, 10 years in prison, blah blah blah. Never saw a felon get nailed for having a gun. Always dealt away during the plea bargaining dance with the DA. It's all bullsquat.
I could comment on plea bargains and the why's, if's and but's, however that will invariably lead to politics. So I will leave it at this- a plea bargain is much, much less expensive than a trial and guarantees a conviction for something.My son is a Prosecuting Attorney in this state. The "felon with a firearm", five years in after you serve your sentence, is usually plea bargained away. Why? They will plead to drug selling and everything else for seven years, but don't want to do the added five. We have no parole or time off for good behavior in this state, you do it all.
If they fire the gun, or point it at a LE officer, they get 18 years and are going to get the "enhancement" also, plus what ever else they did.
Nope /\ not designed and manufactured to expel a projectile by explosive means..........A gas/battery driven nailgun then is a firearm ?
Funny how the black and white gets twisted so easily.......