Originally Posted by
tacfoley
You can take it to the bank that NEITHER UK Proof House would proof-test-fire a BP handgun for ANY nitro load. Apart from the fact that it would be illegal, that is.
A firearm made for a nitro load is deemed fit for use with BP - indeed, many replicas of rifles can shoot both types of cartridge safely - Trapdoor Springfields [with lead only], Sharps, Smith, Rolling blocks, High Walls et al, ALL with lead projectiles, but not the other way around.
tac, can you support these two claims? Seems to me that nitro proof testing a gun which already has BP proof marks is no more risk than nitro proof testing a gun which has no proof marks. And exactly what law is broken here? Just trying to learn.
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