First look, Storm Lake Fitted barrels for S&W M&P!

**Hmac** · 07-23-12, 18:23

I posted this elsewhere, but here's a repeat.

I was getting about 5-6 inch groups from my M&P9L with DCAEK from a sandbag rest at 25 yards. Grant fitted a Storm Lake 5 inch barrel to my slide. Turnaround from the time he received it was 5 weeks (was delivered this past Friday). Saturday I took it out and shot it again from a sandbag at 25 yards. On the target below, I started in the 3 inch dot in the lower left and worked counterclockwise around the the one in the upper left corner. I've been shooting my Glock so it took me a few rounds to get back some trigger control on the M&P. By the time I got around to the last red dot, I was confident enough in the pistol to put an entire 20 round magazine in the last red dot. I didn't have a single malfunction in about 250 rounds and it was a pleasure not to have to dig hot brass out of my shirt pocket. I'm pleased with the results.

ETA: ammo was PMC Bronze 115gr FMJ.

**mikeith** · 07-29-12, 17:02

Grant, is it possible to get the barrel in a black finish? Stainless looks like poo on a vtac lol

**C4IGrant** · 07-29-12, 21:46

Originally Posted by mikeith

Grant, is it possible to get the barrel in a black finish? Stainless looks like poo on a vtac lol

Not from us. Remember that in order for the barrel to be melonited, I would have to FIRST fit it to YOUR slide. Then mark it some how so that I knew it was yours. Oh and the cost is about $200 for a batch to get melonited. Wanna pay that much?

C4

**willowofwisp** · 07-29-12, 21:58

Originally Posted by C4IGrant

Not from us. Remember that in order for the barrel to be melonited, I would have to FIRST fit it to YOUR slide. Then mark it some how so that I knew it was yours. Oh and the cost is about $200 for a batch to get melonited. Wanna pay that much?

C4

Like Grant said most places charge 200-250$ to melonite per batch so whether its 1 barrel or 5 it costs the same. I would have the barrel melonited after Grant is done fitting it. I know ATEi offers meloniting service, and I doubt Grant would want to have to mark/identify 15 barrels at a time lol.

**mikeith** · 07-29-12, 23:48

Yea it's not worth 200 more lol.

Just a thought though. If you could find say 10 willing candidates for the process and engrave them 1-10 on the hidden side of the chamber would you do that. Sorta like a group buy minus the discount?

**Lomshek** · 07-30-12, 01:50

Originally Posted by mikeith

Yea it's not worth 200 more lol.

Just a thought though. If you could find say 10 willing candidates for the process and engrave them 1-10 on the hidden side of the chamber would you do that. Sorta like a group buy minus the discount?

The sensible way to ID a barrel is to engrave the SN in it like guns of old. PITA either way and adds one more step to track for Grant. Don't blame him for not wanting to deal with it.

**C4IGrant** · 07-30-12, 11:02

Originally Posted by mikeith

Yea it's not worth 200 more lol.

Just a thought though. If you could find say 10 willing candidates for the process and engrave them 1-10 on the hidden side of the chamber would you do that. Sorta like a group buy minus the discount?

Once the barrels come in, I will be SO BUSY fitting them that doing anything extra (like marking them and getting them melonited) is pretty much out of the question as there just won't be enough time.

C4