I'd tried to find a huntsman barrel in the NEF classifieds, then Cabelas got a new shipment in of the sidekicks.  I ordered one, since I wasn't having much luck on a barrel.  Then I went into a sporting goods store I passed on my way to pick up some parts for work.  They had a new, in the box, Huntsman for $160 out the door.  My son had said he wished he knew I was ordering a Sidekick, he would like to have one.  Called him, sure, he still wanted one.  He now has the sidekick, I have a new Huntsman.  I guess it could be called new, but it has a SN starting with NT, which means it's a 2003 yr. manufacture.  It has the 7/8 breech plug, even.  I still have to decide what to do about the ignition, I imagine a 25 ACP, or some home machined variant thereof, will be in my future.  Now to start working on loads, etc.  ML season opens in SC on Oct. 1.