"Lou Lombardi builds .22 caliber pistols that are out of this world. ... Among his more successful clients are Doug Koenig and perennial Camp Perry women's champ Ruby Fox. Koenig used Falcon Machining barrels and shrouds for the Precision Event in at least three Masters' victories and Fox has used a Lombardi-modified S&W 41 to establish some awesome records."
---"King Of The Rimfires" American Hangunner Magazine, March/April 2000, page 50

"One day I stumbled onto Lou Lombardi of Falcon Machining Ltd., one of the few remaining master gunsmiths specializing in the .22 pistol. ... One of Lou's most popular conversions turns a garden-variety [Smith & Wesson] M-41into a serious competition machine, used by the likes of Doug Koenig and J. Michael Plaxco in matches like the Chevy Truck Challenge. ... Using one of Lou's M-41s, Ruby Fox shot a .22 outdoor Women's Aggregate Record with 891 out of 900 possible points and 43 Xs."
--- "Nuclear Plinking" Guns & Ammo Handguns, December 2000, page 66

" ... can great equipment make a difference if you're not a top shooter?
For me, anyway, the answer with Lou's custom barrels on my Victor has been 'absolutely.' ... "
---"Pistols For The Perfectionist" Guns & Ammo Handguns, June 2001, page 62

"Lou Lombardi is a precision machinist from the old school. Rather than sit for hours at a computer terminal monitoring a warehouse full of CNC machines pooping an endless stream of parts into a bucket, Lou builds custom pistol barrels one at a time, on classic manual machine tools, ..."
---"Meet Lou Lombardi, The Force Behind Falcon Machining, Ltd." Shooting Sports USA, September 2001, page 32

April 2005: Falcon Machining is in the process of moving to a new location and Lou is presently not taking any new customers due to the move and due to his large backlog of work. Contact information will be provided here at such time as his workload permits. Sorry for any inconvenience.