Many years ago, I was in the Knoxville Tennessee area for work, providing technical assistance to one of my major accounts. I finished early one day and decided to do a little 'smokestack chasing' to see if I could drum up some new business. Within the same industrial park area I spotted a decent size shop with a name I recognized- StormLake Machine. Cool, a gun place!
I walked in cold and did a double take. Prominently displayed were two targets full of bullet holes: one with holes to make a happy face, and one with a sad face. The happy face target had the message, "Salesman with an Appointment". You can guess what the sad face target said. The people in the office noticed my focus on the sad face, laughed, and asked if they could help me. I had a nice conversation with them and ended up doing a little business for materials to finish parts.
Recently I acquired a G35 with somewhat dubious accuracy for a longer barreled pistol. I tried a few different types of ammo but could not reach anywhere near the accuracy of some of my other pistols. What to do? A light bulb lit up in my head and I recalled StormLake. Not only could I try to improve accuracy, I could convert the .40 to 9mm.
The barrel was promptly delivered from Midway and I was very pleased upon opening the package. The overall finish of the barrel was perfect, and corners were crisp but not sharp. It dropped into the slide for a perfect, tight but not too tight fit. The bore looked like a mirror and was perfectly clean- the first patch swabbed through it came out perfectly white. The feed ramp appeared to be highly polished as a standard feature.
Above target shot at 15 yards, two hand hold, no rest, 10 shots. Winchester White Box- so just your basic ammo. The overall spread and flyer at bottom is pretty much all me- I don't shoot pistols that often and the stock Glock trigger sucks like they always do. Pretty nice accuracy with 4 shots on top of each other. WAY better than I can do with the original .40 barrel.
If you are in the market for a replacement and/or conversion barrel, I highly recommend StormLake. Outstanding product, nice people, and made by a small company in my home Volunteer State.
Good Ol' Rockytop!
I walked in cold and did a double take. Prominently displayed were two targets full of bullet holes: one with holes to make a happy face, and one with a sad face. The happy face target had the message, "Salesman with an Appointment". You can guess what the sad face target said. The people in the office noticed my focus on the sad face, laughed, and asked if they could help me. I had a nice conversation with them and ended up doing a little business for materials to finish parts.
Recently I acquired a G35 with somewhat dubious accuracy for a longer barreled pistol. I tried a few different types of ammo but could not reach anywhere near the accuracy of some of my other pistols. What to do? A light bulb lit up in my head and I recalled StormLake. Not only could I try to improve accuracy, I could convert the .40 to 9mm.
The barrel was promptly delivered from Midway and I was very pleased upon opening the package. The overall finish of the barrel was perfect, and corners were crisp but not sharp. It dropped into the slide for a perfect, tight but not too tight fit. The bore looked like a mirror and was perfectly clean- the first patch swabbed through it came out perfectly white. The feed ramp appeared to be highly polished as a standard feature.
Above target shot at 15 yards, two hand hold, no rest, 10 shots. Winchester White Box- so just your basic ammo. The overall spread and flyer at bottom is pretty much all me- I don't shoot pistols that often and the stock Glock trigger sucks like they always do. Pretty nice accuracy with 4 shots on top of each other. WAY better than I can do with the original .40 barrel.
If you are in the market for a replacement and/or conversion barrel, I highly recommend StormLake. Outstanding product, nice people, and made by a small company in my home Volunteer State.
Good Ol' Rockytop!
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Shiny things are faster and more accurate, so I'm told. 
