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Originally Posted by Leif Thoreson
Ben , any idea what they mean by "without chamber" ?
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It means the chamber has not been created yet. It will need to be bored to rough spec and I.D., then finished off with the proper chamber reamer to a depth that will yield proper head space for a round. This will add to the already steep selling price, so you'll be approaching $400--just to have a barrel. Changing it out will cost another hundred or so, and may need to happen in concert with the chamber reaming to achieve correct head space.
I'd seriously consider a heaping helping of patience while finding a good one at one of the myriad online sites available. I changed one of my 7.65 bbls to a 6" -- $100 for bbl from a forum member, $100 (minus $25 for the old bbl.) for changeover, and I'm good to go! I paid a local machinist about $50 to turn and mill a standard configuration bbl. into one with the "pencil taper", more elegant IMO., so this cost would be added to my total changeover expense. This setup actually makes my pistol work better, perhaps because of the extra weight, no malfunctions so far, though round count is quite low, to date. I agree with the above, that installing an extra-heavy bbl. greatly risks establishing problems.
I'm not saying it
can't be done successfully, but when significantly changing an element in this "balanced" system, one would need to change other parts of the system to compensate. The first Luger carbines used a special, somewhat hotter round made specifically for them. This was necessary because of the extra weight of the longer barrel and fore-stock, plus the energy to overcome an extra spring, hidden within the sliding interface of upper/stock and the grip frame. Some custom loads might be in order for a pistol with a long bull barrel.
D.P.