Of course! Coach washers! Great idea Stewart. I wonder why it never crossed my mind before?

Certainly a better proposition than my last effort at improvising a tool when removing my PAW .35's backplate.

This involved my small garden trowel (the small type that you hold in one hand and use for potting etc.) clamped in a vise. Yes, I can see you all rolling your eyes, I don't really blame you. Apalling I know.

Well, at least it had a nice, rounded end. Necessity IS the mother of invention!

I cleaned the trowel as best I could first before I offered up that PAW to it.

All to no avail in the end; I still burred the slots (for which I hang my head in shame).