Well...the "sows ear" (to quote Hugh) is back from rebarreling and now hangin on the end is a properly installed 9mm imperial marked barrel (and the #s are only 430 off!). There are a few import marks on the barrel (which will eventually dissapear) but the important thing is.....
It shoots! Holy Toledo! Hugh sent me a test target at 25 yards, maybe a 2 1/2 inch group a few inches high...I couldnt wait so put some muffs on and fired off a few mags at 20 feet into a bullet trap using HSM 115 grain reloads. Basically one ragged hole!! Only one failure to feed (nose up jam mag related) and the toggle doenst lock back (also mag related)..
Next stop....engraving evaluation...then polishing...then TLSS...for now its happily sitting in my truck..I might use it as my back up carry gun LOL... <img src="graemlins/wave.gif" border="0" alt="[byebye]" />