[Green57]

dju, that's what I'm thinking or like I said before, a sucker.

I though of that repair method also. I think that would be an option if the sleeve alone was able to contain the pressure of a fired round. But the crack would also have to be welded, finished, and the barrel reblued. After all that you still have the original barrel that has been welded, sleeved and reblued so....its really not in it's original condition. I think a rebarrel is the best bet safety and effort wise.

Like its been stated before, the pistol lost it's true collector value when that second round was fired, I don't think a new barrel will hurt its value, it will just add some safety to the time it spends on the range.

alvin, I wouldn't want people to give out my name on the internet without my permission, so I will not post the sellers name out of common courtesy.

G57