I had a lot of respect for retired Army Major George C. Nonte growing up in the 50's and 60's, but I am a lot older now, and know some things about about metalworking and metallurgy.
I would not be very comfortable, nor would I recommend, putting a chamber sleeve in front of a 9mm Luger cartridge that was only 0.022 (twenty-two thousandths) of an inch in thickness for the cartridge to headspace on and then consistently firing that pistol... tool steel or not, this does not seem a safe practice to me...
[B] I would like to hear the opinions of the other gunsmiths on the forum about this practice... whether you are a pro or an amateur.[/B]
I also never remember seeing these sleeves for sale during the period mentioned by Nonte in the article that was posted at the link above...
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regards, -John S
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