Mike, There is no question that a Purdey with beaver tail and pistol grip can be converted....the problem is the cost. Paul Hodgins , who is rather expensive, told me it would cost around $15,000 to do such conversion if a new stock had to be made. He said he could possibly cut a pistol grip off an orig pg stock but it would require recheckering because the checker pattern is different, and might render the grip diameter too small to be sound. So a new stock might have to be made, plus new or altered trigger guard. In terms of forearm he said the metal is not the same for beaver tail as splinter and this would have to be changed plus there is a gap between the barrel and beaver tail not present on a splinter, so a new forearm would likely have to be made rather than just turning the bt into a splinter. Sounds pretty darn expensive to me even for a Boss or Purdey or H&H!! Cost prohibitive IMHO.
