Thread: Would you trust a Storm Lake 357 barrel in your compact 40?
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Old 03-25-2012, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 1sailor View Post
The Storm Lake barrels may be a better barrel but I have heard a lot of complaints about them not being machined properly and having to be returned for exchange. Maybe that's why Storm Lake calls their barrels "semi drop in". At least they are willing to exchange them though. It's too bad that for some reason there is not an S&W barrel for the .357 compact.
You would be correct except for the complaining. If you buy a semi drop in part, and sometimes even a drop in part, fitting may be required.
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