I bought one to use on my 16 gauge Sterly straight stock project. It is beautifully shaped, much nicer than the boxy looking one on the Philadelphia Sterlingworth -- which is a hell of a lot nicer than the big gaping round thing on the Utica Sterly's, by the way. You will find the stud thread on the Galazan guard is not the same as the one on the Sterlingworth. My Sterly has a 7/32-32 (#12-32??) thread, and the Galazan trigger guard is a 1/4-28, I think. Also, the stud is further back relative to the front of the oval of the trigger guard, so the guard must be lengthened by splicing (welding) in a small piece, so the split back end will clear the triggers. It looks like maybe a quarter inch or so ought to do it. One could sharpen the bend at the front of the Galazan guard, but that would ruin its lines.
I plan to cut off the stud and drill it out, make a new one of the proper thread size, install the stud and place the trigger guard (the hole I just drilled) over that stud and tack weld the guard to the stud so the threads register properly with the trigger guard in position. Then I'll remove the tack-welded assembly and finish it off the frame. It looks like I might have to tune up the shape of the triggers a little to function and look right with the trim oval of this Galazan trigger guard. I'm talking about the long tang guard for straight grips -- the one without the rolled edges.
Cheers,
Tony
