So okay--back to square one--if indeed I wanted to presever the option of going back to cap 'n' ball, could I buy an Uberti '51 percussion barrel from VTI and have R&D do the barrel work on it, that is, add the ejector, the liner, the dovetailed front sight, the re-blue, etc. In a perfect world, I'd like to have two front ends for my '51, one for cap 'n' ball, the other for cartridge conversion, and they both work.
Or should I just give up and buy a Cimmaron '51 RM Conversion complete?