A few years back I contacted Redmonds about reboring/chambering a 7.63 C-96 barrel to 9mm. I was advised that he would not use a chamber sleeve to headspace the Luger cartridge. He suggested seating the bullet out to contact the rifling in order to establish the correct headspacing. I was not satisfied with the results. The work by Redmond's was competent enough but trying to get correct headspacing by seating the bullets out just didn't work. I sold the pistol. At a later date I requested that Redmond's rechamber and rebore another C-96 to 9mm but with a chamber bushing for headspacing. I was flatly refused.
If I were to have another C-96 done by Redmonds, it would be in the original 7.63 chambering. After my experience with the 9mm, I wouldn't do it again unless there was a chamber bushing.
That's my experience and it's neither a condemnation of, nor endorsement for Redmonds. The work was competent except that without the chamber bushing, consistently headspacing the cartridges proved to be impossible.
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