Mine had a NFG factory barrel . Had Alex Hamilton of 10 ring Precision reline with a Lothar Walther liner . Adjusted extractor , smoothed action / trigger to 2.5lbs . Also cut 2 coils off main spring & use a 6.5lb recoil spring . Gun now shoots . I can use any of the softer Euro match ammo with complete reliability . Best thing of all Aguila Std Vel ( the cheap stuff ) will stack 10 shots in .9" @ 50yds . 41 barrels , extractors & reliability have always been luck of the draw . Years past when asked were there any alibis on the line we'd shout " Yeah two Smith & Wesson " . Back then the High Std was the one to have . Only American pistol to win the Gold .