Sdlrodeo Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 1 hour ago, tanfoglio1911 said: The first thing I considered was the budget. Since the first one he made run flawlessly why not do it again. I had a good deal on this used 38SC, still run good but I hate the fact of picking the brass and can only recover a fraction of the amount I shot. I think this is a personal preference. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk Nothing wrong with that. I tend to look at over all ‘value’ — to me. That doesn’t necessarily mean cost although it does come down monetary quantification of a sort. All just depends what it’s ‘worth’ to the person buying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abigger04 Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 I kind of have a sentimental attachment to my gun to rebarrel. It might be more cost effective to sell it and then purchase a different gun in 9 major, but I just didn't want to let this one go. I just chalk it up to it being a "hobby", as opposed to a "business" that must cash flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePeanutGallery Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 I asked this same question a few months back - got estimates from a couple local smiths. Cost of barrel + a couple hundred for labor / tuning was the gist of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absocold Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 http://www.1911store.com/stitruborbarrelcomp-withthundercompsxstylecomp.aspx Normally I'd go KKM with whatever comp was floating my boat that day but putting a Trubor barrel with a better comp in a Trubor gun seems fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 here is the Trubor blank with custom comp cuts I'm using in my new build. I bought it from Eric (Aircooled6racer). He will cut his comp into a Trubore blank if you send it to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pol Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 I change the barrel van 38 to 9mm and the cost are around 500 euro (in the netherlands) The gun runs good i use spacers in the mags... Load 124 grn 7,3 3n37... Gr Pol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abigger04 Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 I finally have an update for those interested. I finally received my Trubor back from the barrel/caliber change at STi. It works great! I had it reblued as well. It feels like a brand new gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEH Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 I like it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklab Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 I can see why you didn't want to get rid of it. It has a lot of work done to it already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim vaughan Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Why can't a gunsmith machine a spacer ring that is 3.70mm long and sweat it into the forward part of the chamber? No new barrel, comp or fitting. I would just recut the lead into the new spacer. One of our club members ran 9mm in a Caspian 38 super for years and had no problems. His spacer was made out of brass. Even if there was a failure of the spacer at some point in the future, the 9mm would still fire until a new spacer was inserted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sdlrodeo Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Seems like it would be easy enough to do. Heck, doesn’t even have to be exact, make the ring slightly long and just run a chamber boring tool to get your 9mm headspace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troupe Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 If I understood the post, to many comps have come loose because of heat, I would hate to see a sliver of metal get lodged in front of a high speed bullet just to save money. Any smith worth their weight would not tackle that job. Just to dangerous. To many what ifs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cperazza Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Rough breakdown... SV Parts: Total ~$700-1,100 ($492-687 plus fitting/coating) * $293-318 Comp * $299-369 Barrel std or hybrid * ~$200-400 Fitting/Coating Othe Parts: Total ~$700-940 ($500-540 plus fitting/coating) * $250 Comp Atlas * $250-290 Barrel KKM std * ~$200-400 Fitting/Coating Note: Can save ~$100 on other comps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braxton1 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Simply "shooting 9mm in a 38 Super-chambered gun" isn't going to work unless the Super chamber is way out-of-spec. Back when I was shooting Super, one of the worst things that could happen was having a piece of 9X21 or 9X23 brass sneak into your brass batch. It would lock the gun up TIGHT. The SAAMI spec for 9mm chambers calls for the chamber to be sized 0.3913 just ahead of the extractor groove and it tapers down to .3820 just before the crimp at the case mouth. Super is 0.3887 just ahead of the extractor groove and is almost perfectly cylindrical, tapering just a hair to 0.3872. Driving a bigger tapered case into a cylindrical smaller hole will usually result in that hard jam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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