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llwatson, Thanks for the info about Schiller Arms

txinvestigator, The round that stuck was a RELOAD!! I THOUGHT that all the reloads were long gone!(I had bought them 20 yrs. ago) I ASSUMED all the rounds in the dresser were factory ammo.

My dresser drawer has a collection of stray ammo, rounds that have been taken out of magazines, the 5 that were left in a box of 50 by my wife because she was tired etc.

I was too lazy to go to the 'ammo locker' and dig out a new box of ammo. I just wanted to shoot 3 or 4 rounds to see if the gun would cycle. Bar-Sto warns that a new barrel may be tight or not even fit in the slide and if that is the case they will fit it to your slide.

Thanks again to everyone for the help!!! Regards, OE

Baytown,
HighVelocity is right about the outside diameter of the barrels being different and the necessity to use a conversion barrel made by an aftermarket co.

I have a 9mm conversion for my Glock 33. It's an EFK FireDragon and I would NOT recommend it (EFK). It jams alot! I will say that the EFK 40 S&W barrel I have for the G33 is excellent.

GlockTalk has had alot of favorable posts about 9mm conversion barrels made by Storm Lake, inexpensive also. I think http://www.topglock.com has them. I have also seen favorable comments about KKM Precision.

Gentlemen,
Thank you !!!!!

It's back to being a beautiful day again.

Lesson 1, Never assume! I was sure the 4 loose rounds in the dresser were factory ammo........ NOT!

HighVelocity, I grabbed that slide in a 'death grip' and I pulled and I pulled some more. Nothing. I had that little 1/16" play and it got just a tad bigger.
I used it like a slidehammer, just jerking it back,let up jerk again etc.

It was the round WEDGED in the chamber!! It finally came loose.

I stripped the gun, took the barrel and tried the fit of the round in the chamber by hand. The rounds I had found in the dresser wouldn't chamber. Brand new fresh out of the box Blazer Brass would slip right in and I could even turn the round in the chamber.

I reassembled the P229 loaded up 3 rounds of Blazer Brass and went out to the sand pile. It went BANG every time! YES!!!

Tomorrow it's off to the range. The 357SIG barrel and the 40S&W barrel shoot in the same place. Now I want to see if the Bar-Sto 9mm conversion will hit in the same place too. I'm looking forward to being able to practice with something less expensive than 357SIG or 40S&W ammo.

That thing was stuck, HARD! I'll try that slide against the bench top trick if I ever have another problem!

HV, no I didn't participate in SF group buy. I ordered direct from Bar-Sto online.

FYI, That stuff iin the dresser was reloads from Houston Cartridge Co. from about 20 years ago. I thought it was all long gone. They are all bulged just abit down near the base.

Stevie, 3 calibers from one gun. the money you save on ammo will pay for the barrels. Don't buy a cheap one.


Merry Christmas, OE

It's a really beautiful day today except for one little bitty thing.

The slide on my SIG P229 is STUCK with a live round in the chamber!

Is there a SIG armorer in the Houston, College Station area?????

I need some professional help on this one. I have learned my lesson in the past. No more 3 lb. hammer work for me, it has cost me enough that I have learned to over come the temptation. Not to mention a live round.

I have a SIG P229/357SIG that I bought a Bar-Sto 9mm conversion barrel for. After waiting 2-1/2 months it finnaly arrived. I put it in the gun racked the slide 4 or 5 times to check the function, loaded a magazine with a few rounds, inserted the mag, racked the slide and caa-ching! It jammed up!!!
The slide will move back and forth about 1/16". But it won't go forward into battery, lacks about 1/4" And I can't pull it back to eject the round in the chamber. It feels like metal to metal in either direction.

I thought catching the FedEx guy for the "signature required" was going to be my biggest problem. That went real smooth for a change.

This is my Christmas present that I have been waiting for since mid Nov.

I need a SIG armorer.
Thanks OE