Love the TCM, hate the double stack...
 

... so what ya gonna do? Read everything available, speak to knowledgable (trusted) gunners make a decision and jump in with both feet.

Let me say up front, DO NOT TOUCH YOUR GEAR unless you you are sure you want to void your warranty, risk ruining your stuff and looking at a pile of scrap.

On the other hand you may end up with the shooter you want.

I bought a TCM new in the box, put the 9mm barrel in it and tried as best I could to like it. Finally got a couple hundred rounds of TCM, tried it and still hated it so it went in the safe till my son asked if I by chance had a 9mm I would part with.

Cut to the meat... I changed out the slide for a plain RIA 9mm, put in a new 9mm barrel and traded him for a couple Franklins. I kept the TCM slide, barrel and the original 9mm barrel hoping to build a TCM 1911 and have a spare 9mm barrel for my 38 super. After failing to get the TCM to feed properly with a STI receiver purchased specifically for this, I was ready to throw in the towel when it occured to me that since I had nothing to lose, grind a bit off the feed ramp, tune the magazine a bit and put the stuff on the super frame. BINGO!!

I now have the sweetest TCM in the world and it's all (well the big parts anyway) RIA. The super slide and barrel now rest on the STI frame (after a lot of fitting) and run almost as smooth as an ED Brown fresh from the custom shop.

The drawback, I'm completely out of TCM ammunition so I'll be reloading late tonight. I cannot wait to get to the range to see the FLASH and hear the BOOM from my single stack TCM. :D

/Slim

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Can't wait to see the pics of your Work again...............


Clyde

Now that's cool stuff. Nice work!

Wow, that is really great, I need to get my hands on another TCM barrel (Or complete slide)... the problem is that they won't sell you just the barrel so I need to find one from an individual I suppose. I would love to have one also in a single stack, nice work!

Thanks,
I don't quite have it tuned perfect yet. Colt magazines are not our friend. :(

There seems to be a shortage of quality magazines available locally so I'm at the mercy of the internet or a gun show. It looks like the Megar I bought last is going to be the ticket so as soon as the holiday obligations are completed and some of my time is reclaimed... :D

Happy New Year! :)

Be safe.

Cool beans, Chief!

I love reading about your antics!

Boats

:D. Film at 11... ;)

Sounds good OD!!!:)

The main reason the RIA TCM22 was made as a Wide Body was for the capacity. You just run out of ammo way too fast with a single stack!!!:D

I will not say for sure but I think you may see a factory single stack TCM22 in the not so distant future!!!:rolleyes:

Hmmm. Got me thinking. I'm gonna have to call the mothership. I too would prefer to drop my barrel/slide onto a single stack frame.

Yeah, the man who developed this cartridge told RIA that it was impossible to make it feed in a single stack....and they took that as the truth. A very reknown gunsmith (I will leave unnamed), called this guy and talked with him and found out the guy never even tried to make it feed in a single stack. The smith got a TCM barrel from an individual and had it running in no time flat in a single stack.

Ever since then Ive been trying to get a barrel also, but RIA just wont sell them seperate and the developer wont lisense anyone else to produce barrels. I too want the TCM, but have ZERO desire to own a single stack