[Dean]

Ron, Your a better man than I with respect to not firing the carbine.

I checked with Orimar, "No can do" on the 16in. barrel request. They are busy getting the .45 together for introduction. Mr. Romo (correct spelling of name?) sounds like a very nice gentlemen on the phone. I hope his .45 is a big hit at the show. It will be interesting to see any reviews in the magazines. Can't wait to see what the trigger will look like.

The good news is that I've found a source that sells 9mm barrel blanks in stainless steel, 1 in 10 twist. I now have to see if I can configure my lathe for threading.

My lathe is a very old Atlas model with many gears that have to be manually setup. I'm going to practice on some scrap material to see what the results are like before I decide to do this myself or send it out.

I know this all sounds crazy, i.e, "This guy has never threaded on a lathe before, and now he's going to try to thread a barrel?"

But I'm actually very good with this machine and have been using it for many years. I've never really had the need to thread with it, as threaded bar stock is commonly availible.

If I have the original Orimar barrel in hand, and the machine is up to par,then I am confident I will be able to duplicate the threaded portion on the new blank. Besides, the barrel blank is 26 inches long. If I make a mistake, I can cut off that section and try again.

I'm not a lunatic, if I can't "get it" then I have enough sense to send the job out to someone who can do the job right.

But would'nt it be a surprize if it turned out easy?

Time to head over to Brownells and see what a 9mm chamber reamer costs.