[ithacaartist]

Here ya go, Rich. I posted this pic a while ago but darned if I remember which thread it's in. This was taken before I fit the sight blade, but you get the idea...

The sight block's original dovetail was preserved. I gave my guy dimensions taken from a 4 5/8" pencil barrel on my other A.E. I had him reduce the diameters of the barrel, barrel band. Also removed the ramp at the rear of the sight block to yield the same squared style and dimensions of a 1900/06 sight block. Was it Michaelangelo who said his sculptures were inside the quarry blocks, all he had to do was chip away the excess? This project was like this, an early style barrel was within a standard configuration barrel--we just removed the excess! This is now my favorite shooter; I really like the way .30 Luger feels when shooting.