Obviously I don't plan to fool anyone (except myself perhaps) but to have the trio of early K targets is a long-held dream. With the current price and lack of availability of the third member of the triumvirate, I can have my build done for well under the cost and be done relatively quickly as well. Would it be marked (inconspicuously) as a redo? ABSOLUTELY! If, in the next few years I get back to my existing pair of Ks as I plan, then it will become more imperative that I pursue this project. Heck, if it's chambered and marked "32 H&R" or even "327 FM" that may be the best answer to insure no later fakery.

Meanwhile, the question remains, assuming I do this, should I use the LERK barrel, or should I leave that for someone with a LERK K-22 and seek out a narrow rib barrel to build around? The barrel is packed away right now, but IIRC, it is marked with a SN in the expected range.

Froggie