[ithacaartist]

Extractors are on the way to existence after one more meeting with the machinist on Monday, when I'll leave the last of the examples with him. Two pre-paid pre-orders we enough to tip the financial scale enough to get all three going and still have the ability to pay my guy for his work.

(If this works out, I'll have him pencil-taper another regular barrel--this time for the "Ermarican" Eagle I'm making out of a KGP 69, Erma's last .22 lr toggle pistol. Next step is bluing that barrel and upper after the lathe and mill work is complete. I'll also need to whip up another set of strawed small parts and modified safety lever. To finish, I will have the Great Seal laser-engraved over the chamber--deep enough, I hope, to accept some white dial wax so it shows.)