Yesterday I went to the micro-welder and had him weld the extractor plate to the extractor rod. On the way home I stopped at my machinist friend's home and had him mill off the plate to within about 1 1/2 thou of complete. I also had him indicate on the bores to centre each of them and then bore through the plate for the cartridges, but 50 thou under-size.Today I spent a few hours smoking in, draw-filing, and stoning until the barrel assembly just closes snugly on the action. Here are a few pics: