So I've got this bunch of 9mm reloads to shoot up.
Fortunately, some help is at hand: My Luvly Daughter just went through Paul Horvick's NRA Certified Pistol Instructor course in Lincoln last weekend. So she'll now want to burn up some rounds to continue building her shooting proficiency. I'll have a range partner. But my only 9mm (Kahr PM9/EDC BUG) happens to be hurtful to both our tender shooting paws after just a coupla magazines of lite-loaded 9mms.
Enter the LWD Conversion Barrel. For a modest $110 (including shipping), I ordered online a drop-in 9mm conversion barrel for my Glock 23 .40S&W. Took about five days to get here.
Barrel exchange was quick and glitchless. No gunsmithing involved at all.
Did not do anything to the extractor, ejector, slide spring, or magazines. (Those 13-round .40S&W mags will hold about 15 rounds of 9mm.)
Went to the range and tried out the setup. About 200 rounds in all.
Nary a hiccup anywhere. The whole system worked flawlessly. Just like a Glock should work.
And no wear and tear on the hands like with the smaller handgun.
Now---Before anyone goes hollering, I would never use this setup for EDC/self-defense. Back to the Glock 33 and Kahr PM9 for that kind of serious work.
But it is certainly an economical alternative for shooting my 9mm. (Compared, say, to buying another handgun. And don't say that I coulda bought a HiPoint C9 for the same hunnert buck$.)
And--BTW--the groupings were better with that 9mm conversion barrel.
FWIW