It came to me from AKA: Troy Hammer ( Hugh Jorgensen ) ? on spelling ? .... He paid good money to have the mandrill fabricated & owns the rights to there manufacturing / selling at this juncture having TJ's in KY build a few of them for testers. Don't think there are more than a 1/2 dozen if that out there as "Hugh" had to semi shelf the project when going to work for PA in Ohio. Last we spoke a few weeks back the project and these wicked barrels might find there way into limited availability in the near future.Indeed! The amount of groove surface and the great finish would require a very special reamer. Hammering a polished bore around a mandrel is an awesome process and that bore is impeccable. A real work of art!
My little Cometa has a hammer forged barrel. It's silky in there. No tool chatter or tight spots that I can feel or see. From my limited experience it's a better barrel than the average reamed and polished tube.
Yours is a funky beast with those three lands. It obviously offers superb precision. What a hoot man! You just don't see stuff like that every day.
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