kBob
Member
So I had need of a few side plate screws for both an older Colt PPS (bought used that way) and a S&W M15 (mounted a scope and the car key elves got the original screw) and had been putting off ordering and paying more for shipping than the parts.
Into the local ACE hardware for some plumbing supplies last week and verily there upon the entrance door was a sign stating "gun screws" were now available.
I happily went about my faucet rebuilding chores with thoughts of happily complete revolvers in my head. Happily.
Next day I showed up at the store with examples of the needed screws in hand and info on what models they came from...... only to find that the Unhelpful Hardware hired off the street with no experience and should work at Lowes or Home Depot Man could find nothing to match probably the two most common revolver screws in existence. They had no listing of what screws worked where either, but only the standard size of the screws by pitch thread count and length.
After wasting a good teen minutes of him putzing around with a couple of plastic trays full of assorted screws I unhappily left and unhappily returned home to unhappily re install the screws in the places I got them before unhappily glaring at the holes in the Colt and S&W that were in need. Unhappily.
Pay no attention to signs that seem too good to be true!
If however some one happens to know the common data for those screws maybe I might have some luck. Guys?
-kBob
Into the local ACE hardware for some plumbing supplies last week and verily there upon the entrance door was a sign stating "gun screws" were now available.
I happily went about my faucet rebuilding chores with thoughts of happily complete revolvers in my head. Happily.
Next day I showed up at the store with examples of the needed screws in hand and info on what models they came from...... only to find that the Unhelpful Hardware hired off the street with no experience and should work at Lowes or Home Depot Man could find nothing to match probably the two most common revolver screws in existence. They had no listing of what screws worked where either, but only the standard size of the screws by pitch thread count and length.
After wasting a good teen minutes of him putzing around with a couple of plastic trays full of assorted screws I unhappily left and unhappily returned home to unhappily re install the screws in the places I got them before unhappily glaring at the holes in the Colt and S&W that were in need. Unhappily.
Pay no attention to signs that seem too good to be true!
If however some one happens to know the common data for those screws maybe I might have some luck. Guys?
-kBob