for comparison: Albright, M70, M1917 (I believe) and a Lyman 48S with newly-made dummy slide. The milsurp circular hole measures ~0.860" ID and the 48's slide will easily fit through and turn the corner. The doors I sent you guys are the unmachined castings of the Albright door, and its hole is sized perfectly for the 48's slide at slightly under 3/4".
A circular door with monogram space prepped (but left vacant) would seem to be ideal for this sort of thing! Easily fit (well, relatively easily) and fabbed, no worries about matching the checkering, easily embellished with various concentricities on the lathe, and a ready-made space for custom logos or monograms. Michael's pics give a very good idea of some simple embellishments that can easily be done by even a relative novice, while a good engraver could turn this small space into a real work of art for a relatively modest price.
'Modest price' and 'easily fit & fabbed' are VERY important considerations for me....
Regards, Joe
