Got mine from Gunparts the other day in 2 days. Pretty good service I think!
Anyway when I removed my pistol grip to install my newly made forearm from Deerslayer. I noticed the screw hole had been buggered some. Is it possible to buy a tap with the proper number of threads so I can clean this one up?
Forearm Screw
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Grenadier916
, Nov 13 2003 12:12 PM
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Posted 13 November 2003 - 12:12 PM
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Posted 13 November 2003 - 01:07 PM
IMPORTANT the thread is 14 - 24 NOT 1/4" - 24.
Mr Doug Richardson comes to mind, but if you have machine tool supliers in your area they might be able to hook you up with one. Size 14 - 24 is a dinasour, it hasn't been in standard use for a while. 1/4" - 24 is .0080" LARGER than 14 - 24. this size diffeerance may seem small but when it comes to threads it's the differance between it holding and suddenly dropping out onto the floor.
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SORRY PK, your right it's 24TPI
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Mr Doug Richardson comes to mind, but if you have machine tool supliers in your area they might be able to hook you up with one. Size 14 - 24 is a dinasour, it hasn't been in standard use for a while. 1/4" - 24 is .0080" LARGER than 14 - 24. this size diffeerance may seem small but when it comes to threads it's the differance between it holding and suddenly dropping out onto the floor.
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SORRY PK, your right it's 24TPIBB
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Posted 13 November 2003 - 03:14 PM
It is NOT 14-20 but 14-24 !!!!
Doug lists taps, I have them also. This size has not been in common usage since WWII.
Doug lists taps, I have them also. This size has not been in common usage since WWII.
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Posted 13 November 2003 - 06:38 PM
I got my 14-24 tap from PK,it worked great, I needed to clean up
the threads on my WH 28 grip mt.,the bolt diden't screw in all the
way and messed up the threads a little bit.I reamed out the grip
just enough so the bolt went all the way thrue.
I did have to grind the tap down to make it a bottom tap, so the main
threads on the tap would go thrue the grip mt,with out hitting the barrel
See Ya
Tino
