There are things about Grownells I don't like as well as I used to, but accuracy of invoice and speed of shipping are not among them. If the contour of that hammer bothered me, I would scribe a line and go to town on it.

You bunch of bums... now I'm thinking the Old Vaquero needs one of those ;)

Haven't had a chance to mess with it just yet. I just got home form the last day of quail hunting/dog chasing and the wife was headed out with the young-un's for dinner at a freinds house. That means I've got a few hours to play! After a shower I"ll probably tear into it whole heartedly. I didn't remove any metal on the vertical part other than what it would take for it to fit a standard grip frame. The picutre you posted, also shows the hammer not fully at rest. I think I had something back together wrong and it wasn't all the way forward. I plan on Dykem'ing mine, scribing the original hammer outline and put it in the vice and attacking it with my 4" angle grinder. I'm pretty good with it...Poor welders have to be good with grinders After that, I'll clean up as needed with files and then sand to probably a 600 grit finish or so.

Than, I"ll get back on teh new grips for it. I've got the left panel nearly finished, hope to get soem good work in on the right. Forgot to order escutcheons and screws on teh Brownells order, but I've got a few pair of Pachmayer grips I can cannibilize with no issues and stel the hardware from them.

Speaking of Brownell's, I too like them. One thing I"m not really happy about is that ever since they bought Sinclair International Us Hoosiers ahve to pay sales tax. So, I order stuff from Iowa, money goes to Iowa and parts are shipped from Iowa, and i have to pay 7% sales tax to Indiana on it. BS!!

Off to the shower, then the garage...

Doug K