is it legal?

[little bill]

I purchased a Savage mod. 10 1 muzzle loading rifle when it was first introduced years ago.
The mod. 10 ml 1 is designed from the Savage mod. 10 cf rifle short action, it has a 2 lug bolt fitted for the .223 case head. A priming module is loaded with a 209 shotgun primer and is shaped like a .223 case and fits into the bolt face with an extractor in the bolt. The priming module is camed into a restricted breech plug much the same as a rifle cartridge is loaded into a chamber. This design allows the use of smokless powder instead of black powder or bp substitutes.
My question is that I would like to convert this rifle to a 22/250 cf single shot rifle by replacing the bolt head and re-barreling. Would this conversion be legal? thanks!

 

[Yote]

I am in no way up to snuff on ATF laws and I may be wrong, but it was my understanding that if an action is designated as a rifle action you must keep it a rifle which in this case you are doing although you are changing it from a muzzleloader to a cf. I believe it's illegal to convert a rifle action to a pistol or vice versa. There are guys here that stay abreast of these matters and will probably chip in later today or tonight. Saturday is usually a slow day on these boards as most are out shooting matches. Be patient.........

 

[SGS]

The early 10MLs were required to be sold as modern rifles with ATF form 4473 and are rifles, so I can't see where there would be a legal pitfall. I would want to be sure that the bolt head is the only part that is different, but I remember the early reviews saying as much. I can't speak for any state laws as there are some crazy ones out there.