Seeking comments on plans for '06 AE

[ithacaartist]

Here are the ones I didn't have room for last post... If a receiver wrench was applied (or mis-applied) to this area, maybe it was the cause of this damage. I think one of my pics of the removed upper shows the gall in the barrel from its travels before or du its installation here on this gun. Someone has noticeably obscured the pipe's serial number, and there's a dent in the barrel's rear flange, visible in pic of the upper's bottom.

Craig, I'd be shooting way more 7.65 if it were more available, and more economical. Remington and Winchester are not producing it any more, and what stock remains goes for around 60 bucks for a box of 50. Fiocchi can be had for around $25 per box, I've waited a couple months to score some at that price, as it seems sold out at those outlets with that price. It turned up recently at Military Supply, so I ordered 7 boxes. The general direction that forum members who shoot .30 Luger have taken is to hand load. I'll probably get around to that, but it will mean an investment in the necessary equipment, plus the quantum leap of acquiring another set of craft skills and knowledge. For now, the 9mm. barrel would be the way to go. I have a 6'' 29/70 Mauser in 9mm. bbl., so I'd try to find one that's 4 3/4" to maintain the '06 flavor, and be able to feed it WalMart WWB. And I can enjoy my better '06 AE with original barrel in 7.65, just not as often as the 9's. To tell the truth, I've actually been having a blast the last few weeks with a pair of Erma La-22's! The details of my definite success with them is meat for another topic in the off-topic section, but I must say it's cheap shootin', for sure, with .22 lr! I'd collect and use a functioning conversion kit for one of my real Lugers if I could afford one, but in the meantime, these wannabes keep me amused. They are fantastic for practicing the clearing of jams and stovepipes and failures to fire, not to mention mag lip tuning!