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REPLACEMENT GUN SCREW SETS.
Unread 06-27-2010, 07:47 PM   #1
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Default REPLACEMENT GUN SCREW SETS.

Thinking about replacing a few buggered up gun screws.
Have any of you guys ever done this yourselves?
What is involved in doing it right?
Or is this something better left to a gunsmith?

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http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=2..._GUN_SCREW_SET

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct...tnumber=173145
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Unread 06-28-2010, 06:34 AM   #2
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Alright,
I'm thinking I better take this Silence as a
“folks don’t try this at home” situation.
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Mike,

I ordered a set and was able to fit screw to index. I did have trouble filing the screw down flush and even. Just the other day there was a post on this forum with a thanks for the advice to pean the original buggered screw. Was told it works better than one would think.

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I ordered some and they would start but wouldn't go in very far. I emailed my GS and he said this is common. Usually have to "adjust" the threads on the screw with a die, or on the gun with a tap. Then have to file them down to size and to get them to index properly.
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Mike,

I ordered a set and was able to fit screw to index. I did have trouble filing the screw down flush and even. Just the other day there was a post on this forum with a thanks for the advice to pean the original buggered screw. Was told it works better than one would think.

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Thanks Harry,
Going to plead stupidity here.
What is “penning the original buggered screw?”

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I would not get any notions about tapping out the screw hole as the frame has been case hardened and it is so darn hard you will probably break your tap.

Much easier to work with the screw. That filing the screw down flush is a mistake, big time!

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Mike, find a drift punch that has a face the same size or smaller and set on top of buggerd screw and tap punch with hammer. A buggerd screw has all the origanal metal still there your just moving it back where it belongs.
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Roger,

You are correct, however in the case of the screws from Galazans they are about 1/8 to 1/4 inch proud of the hole and that is after you file above the threads to get them to index. That's about as clear as mud, but the best as I can explain it.

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Mike: I posted about returning a buggered head back to "decent". Not perfect, but decent.

I turned the screw into the receiver and gently tapped it with a small hammer but I like the idea of using the drift punch hammer combo a bit better. I was gentle but it could have been possible to miss the screw and hit the frame, although, as I said, the tapping was very gentle. It did not take much to move the majority of the metal back to position. Frankly, I was very surprised.

The gun is a "worthless" piece that should have found the scrap heap but I got foolish - only in time, not money. Been at it for many months, mostly soaking to remove rust. It was completey seized in every possible way with rust. Most screw heads were buggered so I tried the pening with the worst one and it is no longer the worst one.

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Thanks guys,
I think I’ll give the drift punch idea a try.
The screws are not really that bad overall.
There are a couple that have little burrs that are like Velcro and want to snag on everything and anything including my fingers.
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