If "doing it right" means trimming wood from a nice original 1899,or doing any other irreversible modifications which will ruin it's value, I'll stick to shims, thanks, which work fine for me, and others here.
I've put hundreds of hot reloads through a few of my 99's after using brass shims, with no cracks.
The one 99 I own that had a slight tang crack before I bought it, hasn't gotten any worse after I shimmed it up either.
Last edited by EGSavage; 05/17/14.
