THE BARREL; I ORDERED A BARREL FROM MAKAROV.COM FROM FEDERAL ARMS COMPANY,I THEN REMOVED THE SLIDE INSERTED A DRIFT IN THE LOCK BLOCK REMOVED THE OLD 7.62X25 BARREL AND THEN INSERTED THE NEW BARREL IN 9X19 NATO.I ORDERED ALSO A SET OF HARDENED LOCK ROLLERS TOO AS THE ORIGINAL ONES WERE SAID TO BE SOFT SO I TOOK NO CHANCES.THE EXTRACTOR HAD TO BE MODIFIED BY ROUNDING OR BEVELING THE LOWER FORWARD HALF OF IT SO IT WOULD FEED AND FUNCTION OK.SO FAR SO GOOD ,HERE IS A PIC OF THE MODIFIED EXTRACTOR ,THIS IS THE FINAL BEVEL THAT WORKED THE BEST FOR ME WITHOUT MALFUNCTION WHEN CHARGING A ROUND IN BATTERY,SO START WITH A SLIGHT ROUNDED EDGE AND DONT OVER DO IT SO YOU CAN ATTAIN THE BEST ANGLE,NOTE THAT THE FORWARD SECTION IS MORE CUT THAN AT THE ACTUAL REAR EDGE ON THE RIM GROOVE ALLOWING FOR MORE OF A BITE ON THE CASE RIM EDGE.ITS THE LOWER FORWARD WE WANT MODIFIED SO IT DOESNT PUSH THE CASE OVER WHEN LOADING. |
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AT THE RANGE TESTING PROVED A FEW THINGS TO ME ON MINE,THE BARREL HOLDS CONSISTENT TITE GROUPS AT 50 FEET TO AN INCH SIZED GROUP ALL DAY LONG,CLOSER IF IF I WORK HARD AT IT.ON THE FEEDING IT WAS OK BUT I STILL HAD TO TAKE A BIT MORE OFF THE EXTRACTER FINALLY SHOWN ABOVE AS SOMETIMES WHEN LETTING THE SLIDE GO ITLL HANG THE SHELL IN THE CHAMBER WHEN LOADING.WHEN FIRING THO NO PROBLEMS SHOOTING EITHER SLOW OR RAPID FIRE STRINGS.AT 25 YARDS 1.5" 2 INCH GROUPS EASILY ACCOMPLISHED.IN FACT IT HOLDS TIGHTER GROUPS THAN SOME FRIENDS WITH GLOCKS AND SMITHS I SHOOT AGAINST AT THE RANGE IN FACT WINNING ONE SHOOT ONCE! |
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FEDERAL BARREL DRAWBACKS : YEP THEYRES A COUPLE ALLRIGHT ,FIRST 150 ROUNDS OR SO THE LOCKING BLOCK ON THE BARREL STARTED TO PEEN UP FROM THE ROLLERS,THEN ON THE BREECK BLOCK WITH THE LAST 150 ROUNDS AFTER THAT.ALSO THE CHAMBERS A BIT ON THE TITE SIDE SO I HAD POLISHED MINE OUT A BIT TO WORK OK WITH RELOADS,WHEN USING RELOADS ALSO TAKE THE TIME TO FULL LENGTH RESIZE THEM WITH A NON POLISHED BARREL.FEDERAL ARMS HAS INSTRUCTED ME TO RETURN MY BARREL AND THEY WILL ISSUE ME A NEW ONE ,MY GUESS IS THEYRE WAS A BATCH THAT WAS NOT HEAT TREATED CORRECTLY.SO THE 1ST MY BARREL GETS SHIPPED OFF TO THEM.I ALSO HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR A BARREL FROM THEM IN 38 ACP SUPER.TIME WILL TELL,ONE COULD RECHAMBER CUT A 9MM BARREL BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE DIFFERENCE IN SIZE BY TEN THOUSANDS OF AN INCH OR SO MAKING RELOADING THE SPENT 38 SUPERS IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO CASE BULGE FROM THE EXCESIVE 10 THOU OF AN INCH CASE DIFFERENCE..AS FAR AS AMMO GOES MINE SEEMS TO LIKE THE 143 GR. 9X19 THE BEST RATHER THAN THE 115 LEADNOSED OR 115 GR FMJS IM USING,ONE THING IS THO WHEN I CHARGE IT WITH THE 143GR. AMMO I HAVE LESS HANGING ON THE CHAMBER PROBS DUE TO THE BIGGER BULLET.FOR YOU 9X23 LARGO SHOOTERS YOU SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH A BARREL IN THAT CALIBER WITH FEEDING AS ITS A BIT LONGER AND SITS BETTER IN THE MAG WELL TOO.THE 9X19 DOES SIT SHORT IN THE MAG,SOME HAVE MADE A MAG BLOCK AND SHORTENED FOLLOWERS BUT I HAVE YET TO DO THAT AS I STILL WANT TO KEEP MY MAGS STOCK.OTHER THAN THE ABOVE I FIND THE FEDERAL ARMS CORP BARRELS WELL MACHINED AND ACCURATE ,IM JUST HOPING THE NEW ONE I RECIEVE WILL MATCH OR EXCEED THE GROUPS IM USED TO WITH THE OLD ONE AND BE HARDENED CORRECTLY.TIME WILL TELL AND WHEN IT HAPPENS I WILL POST THE REPORTS HERE ON IT. |
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