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Originally Posted by LoboGunLeather
I'm not sure just how much you might gain by changing the barrel. If the pistol shoots well as is, it might be best to just leave it alone.
Sounds like you want to trade a relatively satisfactory known quantity for a completely unknown result.
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Yes thanks , I get that .
I'm not thinking I'll have improvement . I'm just tooling on the gun. Its part of the hobby for me.
What I'm doing is collecting data about the procedure of barrel replacement.
From what I have learned so far , the procedure is to fit the new barrel and drill the set pin hole with the barrel in place in the frame. I had thought that possibly the procedure was to mark the hole location remove and then drill, but so far it seems that the sequence of events is fit the new barrel and drill with the part in place. Much easier !
Just requires a drill press which is part of my every day shop equipment .
Thanks for your concern. You are correct. I'm actually not switching from .380 to 9x18. I ruled out the Makarov round . I'm loading .380, lots of options with 380 not so many with the Makarov.
I have been buying parts .
The guns though I like .
Light enough , small enough, parts available and cheap enough to buy and tinker with .
I'm a bit of a shop rat that has a long experience with mechanics and a long list of trade skills. So I'm doing some smithing as a diversion.