sideplate woes 2

alanint · 01-09-2009, 10:41 PM

Years ago I bought a replacement repro sideplate from Gun parts Corp. I ran into precisely the trouble that is being described.
After days of working with it I determined that it would literaly require machining to get it to fit. Too much trouble for what it was worth. I ended getting a period replacement side plate and it dropped right in.
The repros literally appear sand cast from a mold taken from an original. Far too out of spec to drop in with mere filling.

01-09-2009, 10:41 PM	#11
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Years ago I bought a replacement repro sideplate from Gun parts Corp. I ran into precisely the trouble that is being described. After days of working with it I determined that it would literaly require machining to get it to fit. Too much trouble for what it was worth. I ended getting a period replacement side plate and it dropped right in. The repros literally appear sand cast from a mold taken from an original. Far too out of spec to drop in with mere filling.