After much research and some suggestions from members here, I gave Northland Shooters Supply a call yesterday morning. Spoke with James, and I've placed an order for a new Criterion barrel with all the fixin's for a successful swap. The best part......received a shipping notification before I left work, and if all goes well, should have a nice heavy UPS delivery on Monday!

I thought it would be cool to snap several pics along the way and document this project.....I like to tinker a lot, and consider myself fairly mechanically inclined, but hoping to show this process from a beginner's perspective......should be fun!

Thanks for the advise
Joe