Originally Posted by Daryl Hallquist
I’m sure you have the factory records available, but many bar-in-wood hammer guns are conversions.
I am not sure how true a statement that is as I have seen very few 'conversions' BiW guns. I assume you are talking about a ML to BL. For the makers that specialised in BiW guns like Purdey, Westley Richards and Horsley, BiW was the norm during certain periods of production.