At the time they were current, I don't recall hearing...

by John Meeker , Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 07:09 (4000 days ago) @ Hoot

and safety negatives. My good local gunsmith was doing really nice conversions before Navy's issue, and when they came out, he had no safety remarks regarding them. Normally Navy bought guns, and then they were converted/sporterized under their name. However, perhaps someone will know who did the actual work. In any event, that's a lead lobber that got a fair amount of play in the gun magazines of the time. There were loads written up for it that were always labeled in the article "Not for trapdoors & etc" A carbine version floats up in memory, but whether Navy's ofr qgun-writers i don;t recall,