Yes, I cut off the front of both the upper and lower stock. Moved the front site back, into an inlet I cut in the stock. Then machined two bushings to fit over the barrel, and drilled and tapped them for lock screws. Stopped by my local machine shop to pick up some tubing appropriate for the faux sound moderator. Cut out some end caps for it, that just fit over the bushings. Plasma welded the bushings into the end caps, and the end caps onto the tubing. Sand blasted the sound moderator, and with a splash of matte black, she was ready to go back together.
I have a 9mm version that i mounted a Leopold Delta Point on, but decided to just keep the irons on this one.