Vintage round badge? There are a couple of possible solutions but others here may be better at detailing. One I believe is the Aquarian American Vintage heads ( not moden vintage though).

I’d say go to your music store with the bass drum and Find the right head. I’ve had good luck going from Remo to Evans before. But I’m almost always a emad guy for my bass drum with coated remos on the toms. Good luck and have fun!

Try Remo's Classic Fit drum heads. Here's the link to the Remo website for the Classic Fit heads. Scroll down a bit and you'll see that they now offer bass drum heads!

https://www.remo.com/products/product/ambassador-coated-classic-fit/

-Mark

Thank you guys---Remo classic fit--will do. d.

Had a similar issue recently with an early 50’s RK 16” FT. Bought the Remo Classics, and even though they were still tight, I got them on and the drum tuned.

I just put new heads on a 60's round badge 20 bd, the Aquarian Super Kick II went on pretty easy but the remo reso was a squeeze!

What worked for me after trying Remo, aquarian,and finally Evans coated,2 ply,i cut the metal hoop at,12,3,6, and nine o'clock,,just enough to make it spin.hopethishelps

I'm with schmegeegie. The Remo classic was still a bit tight but was able to get it on evenly and it tuned up just fine. Thanks for all the input guys. D.

Drummer21 has the universal solution to RB head problems. Just cut the head collars in quarters.