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**Mike Irwin** · April 30, 2025, 06:57 AM

Unshaved cylinders ARE available... occasionally... and expensively... but they're out there.

You'd probably have to have it fitted.

If you can't find a shim ring any competent gunsmith or even a machinist should be able to make one.

It appears that the proper thickness of the material for a shim would be about 18 gauge, but the actual nominal thickness of the stock varies on which metal it is (aluminium, brass, or stainless).

April 30, 2025, 06:57 AM	#8
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,641	Unshaved cylinders ARE available... occasionally... and expensively... but they're out there. You'd probably have to have it fitted. If you can't find a shim ring any competent gunsmith or even a machinist should be able to make one. It appears that the proper thickness of the material for a shim would be about 18 gauge, but the actual nominal thickness of the stock varies on which metal it is (aluminium, brass, or stainless). __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.