Not only small, kind of unique to rifles. I have a pretty good setup and had to order this one in. Forge the pitch but not in a normal set.
Be careful, one is close enough to lure you into trying it!
Not only small, kind of unique to rifles. I have a pretty good setup and had to order this one in. Forge the pitch but not in a normal set.
Be careful, one is close enough to lure you into trying it!
I ordered another set of screws from EGW. Tomorrow I will go to the local Graingers and see if they have a tap in stock. Their web page lists 175 taps in #6-40 this will take awhile to digest, LOL... I don't want to take the barrel out so for the front hole a bottoming tap or blind hole type would work best, but I worry a bit about getting it started.
Maybe some of the barrel finish material on the action/barrel made it into the holes? I finally found my little pocket x10 magnifier so I'll put on my strong reading glasses and go take another look.
RC20, you're right. I don't know how I got that wrong, but we need #6-48, not 40 TPI. So Graingers lists 175 for the 40 TPI but only 2 for 48 TPI and they cost about $100 instead of starting at $10.
The #8-40 is also a special tap and they only sell 1. It's only $60 though.
Since this is something that doesn't get used much after it's installed, I think the new screws will do OK. Just have to careful putting them in.
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