Original Trigger Guard Question

[Mike Lyons]

I’ve noticed on several original guns that they have what looks like a rivet applied to the trigger guard.  Sometimes they are in the back and sometimes on the front.  I thought that it could be the post for pinning but, sometimes they are on trigger guards that are screwed in place.  What’s the purpose of the rivet?

[FALout]

May have been re-purposed triggerguards and they filled in the old screw hole

[far55]

I would guess photo # 1 may have a mend plate on the upper side to repair the crack across the screw hole. Roland

[Steeltrap]

Curious if those "rivets" were put in to act as a "post" so the TG could be pinned into the stock?  I can't tell from the pic if there are pin's right above the rivets.

[rich pierce]

I’m with FALout and Far55. If the guards were removed I think we’d see a reinforcement on the hidden portion of the extension on the one guard. Guess they didn’t like or trust soldering much.

[Eric Kettenburg]

The first one is clearly a sheet repair on the underside to fix where the guard cracked through the screw hole.  The second appears to most likely be filler to repair probably a deep or unsightly casting flaw; I don't think there was ever a screw in that.  The third is RCA42 and it once again is simply repairing and stabilizing an old crack through the guard finial.

Bottom line is these three examples at least all appear to be repairs.