I have an old pistol which uses black powder and .350 ball shot. can i fire modern bullets with it? and what 1

www.goexpowder.com and .350 balls is what my pistol fires. what is the modern equivelent to these? and where can i buy in the UK or online. pls say how you know aswell - i like qualified answers - (have u done this b4)? (do u work in a gun shop)?I have an old pistol which uses black powder and .350 ball shot. can i fire modern bullets with it? and what 1
It is not possible to fire cartridges from your gun with the present cylinder. However, some pistols had conversion cylinders made for them. Since I don't know what brand gun you have, I cannot tell you if a conversion cylinder is available for it. If one is, they are rather expensive and will cost you nearly as much as the pistol did. Here are some places that may have a conversion cylinder for your pistol: www.midwayusa.com, www.midsouthshooterssupply.com, www.dixiegunworks.com. Take a look at each of these sites and see if a conversion cylinder is available for you pistol.I have an old pistol which uses black powder and .350 ball shot. can i fire modern bullets with it? and what 1
Depending on the condition of the weapon I think it safe to use the modern powder and shot. Without extensive modifications (complete re-build) the use of modern 35 caliber cartridges are not going to work in a black powder weapon. Black powder firearms do not load the same way as do other firearms. With black powder, one loads down the barrel or cylinder the powder load, wad then bullet tamping all this firmly in place then put the percussion cap in place, aim and fire. If you don't have a percussion cap nipple then a small charge of powder is spilled off into a little hole that is lit off by the flint being held in place by a small clamp looking thing which is struck to the frizzen when the trigger is squeezed causing a spark to ignite the powder in the primer pan which in turn ignites the powder in the weapons breach sending the bullet (ball) down range. To answer the rest of your question please consult your local laws and one of your local arms dealers.
Stick with blackpowder or one of the blackpowder substitutes. If you experiment with smokeless powder, you will probably end up with metal in your face and an injured hand, IF YOU ARE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LUCKY. If you are unlucky, you could end up dead, or even worse standing over the body of someone who was standing nearby.





I'm not a Briton so I've no idea where you can buy powder in the UK.





Doc
No, you can't and should never try to shoot modern bullets with it. Each type of gun has different ullets for a reason. For example, if you put the wrong sized ullet into a gun, it could very well get stuck and cause serious damage and harm to both the firearm and you. Please go and talk to somwone who speacializes in this type of gun so you can learn the hazards of it and how to use it.
OK from what it sounds like is u have a flint lock or percussion lock pistol. It is impossible to shot a modern cartridge in that gun. The gun does not have a firing pin used to hit the primer in a modern cartridge. If you put a modern cartridge in that gun and fired nothing (most likely) would happen. So to answer your question no you couldn't, but shooting mussel loaders is very fun!
you can get black powder substitute, but you will always need to manually put in the powder, bullet, and place the primer





thing is, if your gun is genuine and not a modern replica, it is quite valuable, so just sell it and buy something more modern if that is more to your tastes.
It will be so old and decrepit that it will probably explode and blow your arm off. If you use modern power it will do.


Get a bullet mould from an arms antique shop and melt yourself some lead balls as they do in a foundry and use only black powder. You ';might'; be safe then.
You cannot shoot modern bullets with an old powder %26amp; ball pistol. Why would you want to? That's a piece of history.
Wouldn't advise
No.!!!


Needs to be Modified.!!!
NO! NO! NO!
Right on, CIH! The rest of you, bleh!





lol
using this needs a police licence and will not work with bullets only shot and powder it was made for.





this sounds very old and also dangerous as its likely to explode as so old. keep it as a ornament but make sure its rendered unusable or fully licenced.
Tie it to something, place a cable around the trigger, get back a few feet behind a tree trunk and pull.