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Unread 10-31-2018, 10:02 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by DavidJayUden View Post
Thanks for sharing! Have you fired it and if so how far out?
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I just finished the barrel on Monday. It is already boxed up & ready to ship out; I have a small window of opportunity to get it smoothed out and refinished, I didn't want to miss it. In fact, I am missing three springs and a pin, which I hope Tom Heller has on hand. When it returns, I will post pics of the re-assembly (barrel vise, spanners, etc) and the finished product. I do have 9mm ammunition, but with shooting season upon us the range is only vacant at odd times. I have the stainless OFM Luger set to shoot, just need to get in to the range for an hour or two. Seems to be a lot of work going on as well as the pistol teams practicing and competition.

I'll get to it eventually.
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The key cutters are fine , if you are not selling the barrels and want them to look like originals- as GT does.
I use a triangular file to round off the sharp edge between the two keyway cuts. I'm more a function guy rather than form. But I do like a 'knobbly' machine vs a pretty one...
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