Posted on 06/03/2003 11:54:25 AM PDT by 45Auto
There's a conversion cylinder available for the 44 caliber ones that converts the gun to 44 colt (sometimes referred to as 44 long colt). You have to pop the cylinder out and take the back off to change the cartridges, but you still have 6 very reliable and powerful shots available. I suppose you could have several cylinders available and change them out like magsazines, but they run about $250.00 each. I used to shoot my ruger old army a lot with BP, and I can see it being the equivalent of any modern SA revolver with this kit. No federal laws on either the gun or the cyliinders as of the present. Probably not restricted from purchase and ownership by Felon and Domestic crime convicts as they are totally unregulated on the Fed level (I'd check with the BATF on that though if I were a restrcited person thinking about it), but some States may have regs on Cap&Ball stuff.
These things wouldn't be hard to make for any competant weekend machinist with a fairly well equipped home shop. Might even make a nice little cottage industry for someone, the design is basicaly from Remington's conversions back in the late 1800's so I doubt there would be any patent problems with the current manufacturers.
Most likely BATF under current administration will not make an issue of it, but a future administration might, under the viewpoint that any device or attachment which transforms a black-powder handgun into a cartridge handgun would be illegal if a Form 4473 was not then filled out, along with a Brady check
I would recommend getting a few of those cylinders now before they become regulated or banned
Then it was broadened by Clinton in IIRC '98 to better match the AW ban restrictions. To get the details you'd have to check the Executive Order.
A disarmed fed is a civil fed.
That would be the BUSH (#41) Executive Order banning importation of many high quality firearms including the extremely pricey HK PSG-1. I never heard of any crimes being committed with this weapon which costs over 10grand. Because BUSH 41 was a gun grabbing globalist that helped pave the way for the Clintonian excesses ahead, I will watch the son very closely.
Isn't it interesting that as I sit here typing this, the FX feature movie about the North Hollywood shootout is on. I wonder how many uninformed citizens are watching and are going to equate them with AW's? Semi-auto to full auto? I'm sure mom and pop Americans will say: "Hey what's the difference on the rate of fire? It's the firepower that needs to be banned...right?"
True for the wife and manager, but he killed a Jeffco deputy with either the .50 or his SKS as the deputy was rolling up in his marked car. Can't place the dirtbags name.
I'm fairly sure it was the SKS (but I could be wrong). I recall the .50 as being displayed along with everything else he had in the van. Seems like they would have played up the .50 aspect if it had been used. Of course, this was a few years back and it's likely the news people wouldn't know one from another anyway. I can't remember the killers name either.
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