Received my 2 3/4" bull slab side 9 mm barrel from GT today! Didn't expect it till Wednesday, so a great surprise. So I spent the pm assembling and slicking up the frame to receiver fit and filing the front sight blade install it.
This is for my "baby" luger project along with a 7,65 mm "normal" profile 2 3/4" bbl.
Got the 7,65 working a couple weeks back, so it will be to the range with the 9 mm installed tomorrow.
Pictures of the barrel and the baby in process are below. I wish now I had started with a prettier frame and commercial upper.
A slick back frame would be my choice now; but at the time I thought it might be a "wasted" frame, maybe next time.
GT and Ollie did work on the barrel, Jim Solomon built the grips,
a master welder did the 1/2" shortening on the frame, Sheepherder did the scallop on the toggle, and I was the co-ordinator and hand fitter of small parts and chief design engineer.
I'll report on the shooting soon in a new thread.
After function is assured, the next stop will be to have the piece rust blued.
I'm fighting the urge to buy the 4" upper that no one has claimed!
