X2, i saw that from interammo you can buy the Mak right off the shelf. I wish someone'd do that for a PPK.
Re-barreling procedure: Thanks to bits of pieces
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X2, i saw that from interammo you can buy the Mak right off the shelf. I wish someone'd do that for a PPK.
A heads up on Bits of Pieces. Barry is a very decent fellow. So is the lady that answers the phone and takes the orders.
Now for some more truth.
They take slow to another dimension.
I ordered a barrel for an M39 S&W in restricted length. Two years later and twice the cost I was originally quoted, they contacted me and told me they had the barrel on hand and inquired if I was still interested. I told him that it was twice what I had been previously quoted and of course his reply was take it or leave it. Not point blank but that was my impression.
He would have fitted the barrel for the price included. That meant getting an ATT, shipping the pistol to him at my cost both ways etc. Add another $75 to the cost.
In the end, the barrel was just over $400 delivered to me. Very pricey and you really need to figure out if the pistol is worth the extra cost. In my case, I had bought the pistol cheap enough to justify the extra expense.
Since then, I have purchased some barrel blanks from Green River and will attempt my next conversion on my own equipment.
In all reality, I can understand the cost of the barrel. Unless you can run off a few dozen or more on a CNC machine, set up times would be prohibitive at best. Even then, unless you have a sale for a couple of hundred costs will be high.
Making up revolver barrels is fairly simple in contrast to making up semi auto barrels such as those that work on a Browning style system. The nice thing about Brownings, is that the chambers end is silver soldered into a sleeve. I am going to pull one apart and see exactly what is involved. This isn't rocket science but there have to be some precautions taken.
Also, for a one off and if you can justify the expense, there is no better person to get to do the job. Barry's shop produces excellent work.
Now for some more truth.
They take slow to another dimension.
I ordered a barrel for an M39 S&W in restricted length. Two years later and twice the cost I was originally quoted, they contacted me and told me they had the barrel on hand and inquired if I was still interested. I told him that it was twice what I had been previously quoted and of course his reply was take it or leave it. Not point blank but that was my impression.
He would have fitted the barrel for the price included. That meant getting an ATT, shipping the pistol to him at my cost both ways etc. Add another $75 to the cost.
In the end, the barrel was just over $400 delivered to me. Very pricey and you really need to figure out if the pistol is worth the extra cost. In my case, I had bought the pistol cheap enough to justify the extra expense.
Since then, I have purchased some barrel blanks from Green River and will attempt my next conversion on my own equipment.
In all reality, I can understand the cost of the barrel. Unless you can run off a few dozen or more on a CNC machine, set up times would be prohibitive at best. Even then, unless you have a sale for a couple of hundred costs will be high.
Making up revolver barrels is fairly simple in contrast to making up semi auto barrels such as those that work on a Browning style system. The nice thing about Brownings, is that the chambers end is silver soldered into a sleeve. I am going to pull one apart and see exactly what is involved. This isn't rocket science but there have to be some precautions taken.
Also, for a one off and if you can justify the expense, there is no better person to get to do the job. Barry's shop produces excellent work.
The new .32 cal M84 Skorpion imported by Tactical Imports must have been classified as a restricted short barrel rifle, because they are sold with pinned 5 round magazines. I guess if you can get a 18.5" barrel made for it can be reclassified as non-restricted
whoops, see, don't type stuff when you're half in the bag on sleeping pills, not non restricted, I meant, not prohib, just restricted. Which it turns out might not be the case after all. At least one of the guns I tried is still prohib, it was rebarreled just because the original barrel cracked. the owner had a longer barrel installed in the hopes of making it restricted and couldn't. But since he has 12.6 it didn't matter. Don't know about the others, but I'm now assuming I was wrong there too. ahhhhhh I was wrong and ranted for no reason. Damn.
Gonna go hug my nice 32 PPK and fall asleep with it now.
Gonna go hug my nice 32 PPK and fall asleep with it now.
Just make sure you have nothing but dummy rounds in there, because you might give "Nocturnal Discharge" a whole new meaning
It can even be at 105mm. 104 is the definitive cut off point.
Wow i had no idea, i was looking at the numrich website and the longest barrel available for the PPK is 3.3'', will a PP extended 4.3'' barrel press in just fine?
Barrel, 4.3'', Blued, Extended, Chambered .380 Cal. (9mm Kurz)
Update on my current hunt for a ###y PPK,
i managed to locate one in .32 auto for 400 bucks and i'm currently checking out with a couple machine shops to see who is the most competent. Best deal so far is bits of pieces for 265 dollars to do the full conversion to 9mm.
Seems in order to convert a PPK from 32 to 380 takes a little bit more than just the barrel. The ejector, recoil and hammer springs apparently need to be swapped too?
Thanks all,
-Tony
i managed to locate one in .32 auto for 400 bucks and i'm currently checking out with a couple machine shops to see who is the most competent. Best deal so far is bits of pieces for 265 dollars to do the full conversion to 9mm.
Seems in order to convert a PPK from 32 to 380 takes a little bit more than just the barrel. The ejector, recoil and hammer springs apparently need to be swapped too?
Thanks all,
-Tony
