TwinOaks thank-you for your reply and the lateral spread at the cylinder you speak of is actually what is holding the weapons and mininising the wear around the guard areas and keeping the trigger clear of any unwanted squeeze the intent was to bring out the silluet (sp) of the guard and trigger, also the boning down the barrels and ejector are there to aid in retention. I am aware there will be some wear in both of the aforesaid areas. I by no stretch of the imagination am professing or assuming to know anything other than these are my attempts to learn this craft /artform, also I am accepting all criticism open arms so that I can learn. So to you sir once again thank you for sharing in my education. Stealf ..