The Season is over here Sunday the 18th. I'll go home in the evening get Christmas out of the way.I'll then decide just which way I'm going to jump, like in new spring or the conversion. I really like the idea of going both ways to be honest. Never know when a chance will arise to hunt in an area where 209 primers in ML's are not allowed.
Again thank you all with the advice and links. Nice to know there are people around who try to make problems go away.

Al