Brassie on an Old Army

[Aggie01]

I have a no name brassie I'm trying to put on my ROA.
The two screw holes right behind the trigger guard aren't quite far enough apart. I need to make them into slots, what's a good way to go about it?

[rep1954]

I guess it all matters just how far they got to move over. If it's just a matter of them rubbing a little I would open the holes in the frame from the side that seats against the cylinder frame. I would first open the hole on a taper using a small round file, leaving the hole at the screwhead counterbore it's original size and see if that works. Beyound that one would need to know how far the holes are off and what equipment you have availabe to you.

[Markbo]

I got two words for you:

Dremel

[cj3a]

Bridgeport and a endmill.

[edwardyoung]

If the 'ears' aren't quite as wide as the cylinder frame, maybe you could spread them, instead of enlarging the holes to get the holes right.

[Aggie01]

rep1954 & Markbo FTW

wallered at an angle with a craftsman cut out saw (think rotozip but craftsman)
Note - changed thread title.
I know you guys are heavy on the visual, so heres a bad pic of current progress:


I have wanted a ROA with honest blue wear and a brass grip frame for a lil while, but I've been biding my time. Caught the grip frame on GB on a $125 BIN (Not Ruger or Caravelle, judging by pics of the Caravelle frames. This is the ROA that forum member Mark Terry helped me track down. It's a '73 vintage - had an alloy GF and a narrow trigger.

[carl]

I've also "battled" with fitting a brassie. One was even a Ruger example! I simply hogged out the holes a bit and tried not to mess up the screw head "seats".

Carl