I bought a “conversion” barrel from BarSto. I have one of their barrels in another pistol and its really good. It required a little fitting but it performs really well.
This barrel is supposed to convert a .40 to 9mm with the .40 slide.
Long story short gun shop “gunsmith” said its the wrong barrel. Bar-Sto says they are wrong. Im taking some measurements here and I think the “gunsmith” didn’t want to mess up the feed ramp so he just told me whatever to make me go away.
Its close. Real close. The distance from the top to the lowest point of the feed ramp is .012” greater on the Bar-Sto barrel. I think the feed ramp is what it’s fouling on when I try to put the slide back on without the recoil spring assembly I can pull it back stiff against the foul and determine where it’s hitting.
If I put the factory barrel in without the slide and hold it parallel to the frame there is some distance from the bottom of the barrels feed ramp to the top of the frame feed ramp. It seems there should be a little space there. BUT that space is dictating the angle of barrel tilt as the slide goes back.
Should I take .012 off the feed ramp with some sandpaper Or should I take it to a machine shop and have it done with a milling machine?
The last BarSto barrel I got locked to tight in the top of the slide and I had to clearance it a little with a file. I did, and it worked. That was a cheaper barrel and the filing I did wasn’t as consequential had I screwed it up.
Im a little bit hesitant to take material off the feed ramp. Whos done this before? Ever take any material off a feed ramp to make a barrel work?
This barrel is supposed to convert a .40 to 9mm with the .40 slide.
Long story short gun shop “gunsmith” said its the wrong barrel. Bar-Sto says they are wrong. Im taking some measurements here and I think the “gunsmith” didn’t want to mess up the feed ramp so he just told me whatever to make me go away.
Its close. Real close. The distance from the top to the lowest point of the feed ramp is .012” greater on the Bar-Sto barrel. I think the feed ramp is what it’s fouling on when I try to put the slide back on without the recoil spring assembly I can pull it back stiff against the foul and determine where it’s hitting.
If I put the factory barrel in without the slide and hold it parallel to the frame there is some distance from the bottom of the barrels feed ramp to the top of the frame feed ramp. It seems there should be a little space there. BUT that space is dictating the angle of barrel tilt as the slide goes back.
Should I take .012 off the feed ramp with some sandpaper Or should I take it to a machine shop and have it done with a milling machine?
The last BarSto barrel I got locked to tight in the top of the slide and I had to clearance it a little with a file. I did, and it worked. That was a cheaper barrel and the filing I did wasn’t as consequential had I screwed it up.
Im a little bit hesitant to take material off the feed ramp. Whos done this before? Ever take any material off a feed ramp to make a barrel work?