Antique handgun

[u/Severe_Assumption_87]

I’m have a budget about 1-2k and looking for a antique handgun with cheap ammo to use indoor range. I’m open for recommendations

[u/thatguywhoreddit]

I dont think you're going to find what you're looking for. It CANNOT be chambered in any of cartridges below. If you find a 9mm blunderbuss you're good to go.

Handguns Handguns manufactured before 1898 with the following characteristics:

able to discharge only rim-fire cartridges, other than:

.22 Calibre Short .22 Calibre Long .22 Calibre

able to discharge centre-fire cartridges, other than a handgun designed or adapted to discharge:

.32 Short Colt .32 Long Colt .32 Smith and Wesson .32 Smith and Wesson Long .32-20 Winchester .38 Smith and Wesson .38 Short Colt .38 Long Colt .38-40 Winchester .44-40 Winchester .45 Colt cartridges

[u/CallMeSirJack → u/thatguywhoreddit]

Can antiques be legally converted to other cartridges that aren't on this list? Might be a fun project to get an old beat up revolver with unobtainable ammunition and convert it to something like .17 hmr with a new cylinder and barrel.

[u/mitchumz → u/CallMeSirJack]

Must be some way, you see Webleys with the cylinder shaved to shoot underloaded 45acp. No barrel modifications for that though

[u/567432Gains → u/CallMeSirJack]

It can be converted to a new caliber, yes.

It CANNOT be converted to rim fire.

Old Webley revolvers have .22lr caliber conversion kits available in the world, however doing that in Canada specifically is illegal. Now any caliber other than rim fire, you should be good.

[u/CallMeSirJack → u/567432Gains]

Is that because .22 rimfire is banned by name as explained above? Thats why I was curious about other rimfire cartridges.

[u/567432Gains → u/CallMeSirJack]

So I just did a quick search and it appears I am wrong. The ban is not on converting to Rim fire, it’s to converting it to .22 short, .22 long, and .22 long rifle. .17 might actually be ok