Bet nobody here has one of these...

by Catoosa, Sunday, February 12, 2012, 15:40 (4616 days ago) @ pokynojoe

That's plum nice, Joe. Wish I could find bargains like that! Stonewalrus has an Astra .45 Colt that looks a lot like that and it's a dandy shooter, too.

I have not tried this myself, mind you, but if you can't find any sideplate screws there may be a way to salvage the originals. I have read of a technique that involves drilling holes in a flat block of very hard wood just big enough to set the screw shaft into, then taking a light hammer and peening the displaced metal around the screw slot back into place. Then you clean up the slot and screw head with a proper size slot file and cold blue the screw. Wouldn't think they would stand much screwin' and unscrewin' after that treatment, but sideplate screws shouldn't need to be removed that often.