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Unread 10-27-2014, 02:30 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by John Sabato View Post
Because of the way the frame has been cut and apparently set up to be longer, I would speculate that the original perpetrator of this design had intended to use a cartridge that had a much longer overall length than the standard 9mm round.
Wouldn't the breechblock/toggle assembly have to be lengthened as well???

And the barrel extension/"receiver"??? Maybe the sear bar??? And isn't there a hold-open in that area???

Ambitious project...Any chance that this was an exercise by John Martz???
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