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Well, my barrel got here today from Hunter Customs of Osborn, MO. Bob is an absolute pleasure to work with. He will be seeing more of my Para in the months to come.
If you haven't been to my blog, here's what I did:
Barrel reamed to 10mm Automatic (Hunter Customs $66)
Installed EGW oversized FP stop ($15)
Installed Wolff XP FP spring (came with recoil spring)
Installed Wolff 22# recoil spring ($7.49)
Installed Ed Brown Hardcore slide stop SS ($25? IIRC)
So for a little over $100 I have a 19 shot (18+1) 10mm blaster. I haven't been to the range yet, as I had to work tonight and just got done. I am going out of town down to Green Bay for the weekend and will shoot it on Sunday if I get back during daylight or for sure on Monday. I will post pics tomorrow (Friday) when I have broadband access at school. Range pics will follow when I get out.
Also my Double Tap order came in. I ordered 150rds of 135gr Nosler JHPs @1600fps and 150rds of 180gr XTP-JHPs @ 1350fps, with 4.6" each. Pretty excited about that. There were some errors made during loading of some ammo recently, so I have to check with Mike to see if the lot numbers I have are in the bad batch of ammo. I hope not. Not only for my gun's and my safety's sake, but I don't want to wait another week and a half to touch off DT ammo.
Project was fun. Lots of waiting though. Going to replace the trigger, both safeties, and Hard Chrome it. XS sights also. Then it will be 100% done, but the 10mm part is complete. Just wanted to share my news.
There has been a recent surge in interest of doing Para Ordnance P16-40 10mm conversions. I have a blog about mine and have been posting around to share my knowledge about this. Any questions that aren't answered on my blog, PM or email me. If I can't answer them, call Bob at Hunter Customs (" ".com). He is a Para guru and does lots of 10mm Paras.
If you haven't been to my blog, here's what I did:
Barrel reamed to 10mm Automatic (Hunter Customs $66)
Installed EGW oversized FP stop ($15)
Installed Wolff XP FP spring (came with recoil spring)
Installed Wolff 22# recoil spring ($7.49)
Installed Ed Brown Hardcore slide stop SS ($25? IIRC)
So for a little over $100 I have a 19 shot (18+1) 10mm blaster. I haven't been to the range yet, as I had to work tonight and just got done. I am going out of town down to Green Bay for the weekend and will shoot it on Sunday if I get back during daylight or for sure on Monday. I will post pics tomorrow (Friday) when I have broadband access at school. Range pics will follow when I get out.
Also my Double Tap order came in. I ordered 150rds of 135gr Nosler JHPs @1600fps and 150rds of 180gr XTP-JHPs @ 1350fps, with 4.6" each. Pretty excited about that. There were some errors made during loading of some ammo recently, so I have to check with Mike to see if the lot numbers I have are in the bad batch of ammo. I hope not. Not only for my gun's and my safety's sake, but I don't want to wait another week and a half to touch off DT ammo.
Project was fun. Lots of waiting though. Going to replace the trigger, both safeties, and Hard Chrome it. XS sights also. Then it will be 100% done, but the 10mm part is complete. Just wanted to share my news.
There has been a recent surge in interest of doing Para Ordnance P16-40 10mm conversions. I have a blog about mine and have been posting around to share my knowledge about this. Any questions that aren't answered on my blog, PM or email me. If I can't answer them, call Bob at Hunter Customs (" ".com). He is a Para guru and does lots of 10mm Paras.