[frogmansailor]

The side panels are not to cover the trigger pins, but rather the bolts that hold the handle into the trigger housing and also the trigger housing onto the barrel. It is just an after piece that is tacked on with two dabs of epoxy, and, if need be, can be popped right off for maitenance and then re attached. I don't think I will need to get to the trigger though, it has quite a bit of space to let water wash through.

The piece that runs through the handle, becomes the trigger guard, and then continues into a bit of the barrel (you can see it under my signature), is 1/2" plastic cutting board which was sandwitched between the nahogany handle pieces, and buffed smooth.