Stevens 22/410 Trigger Guard

[bratch]

I’ve been slowly working to get Grandpa’s Stevens 22/410 OU back to full working order after 80 years of neglect.

The current project is to get the trigger guard installed. At some point the front screw broke or stripped and he tried to glue it back on.

I sourced a screw from Numrich but the top of the hole in the trigger guard is stripped out and there isn’t enough length to get it to grab threads. For anyone not familiar the screw head is in the frame and the threads come out the bottom into the trigger guard.

I’ve come up with 3 options:

1. Find a longer screw and try to get into fresh threads

2. Find a larger screw and retap

3. Get a new trigger guard. Numrich is currently out of stock with the original design and I’d like to keep as much of his parts as possible but this is an option.

Any thoughts or opinions?

 

[Fyrstyk]

I would go with choice #2. BTW, I have one of those old Stevens 22/410, mine has the rynite stock and forend. I have tried for years to find a scope mount to put on this gun to no avail. I finally settled on a peep site which seems to work pretty well for me with my aging eyes.

 

[BigBlue 94]

Option #2

As an avid lover of my 22/410, I commend your efforts to get her back in working order. What size is the screw?

Mine is in its original Tenite furniture and has only had to have the selector fixed.

 

[Kp321]

Another option is to restore the threads in the trigger guard. This can be done using a LocTite product made just for that task or by using strong epoxy such as JB Weld. Coat the screw threads with wax or some other release agent, fill the hole with epoxy, and screw the screw in. After the epoxy sets, remove the screw and you have a new threaded hole. The epoxy will be as strong as the pot metal trigger guard but don’t go crazy tightening it anyway.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Can you use a *threadsert* in this situation?

I can't really picture how much meat you have to work with but it'd be my thought.

Todd.

 

[bratch]

I was able to find a smaller screw in my junk bucket that would screw in and get a decent bite in the deeper threads. I cut it to length and have it reassembled. The trigger guard isn’t super tight but as long as it doesn’t take any big bumps it should work. I may try to order a replacement to put back in case I need it in the future.

I “think” I have it functional again. I’ve replaced the selector button, front sight, firing pin springs, rear sight elevation and have the trigger guard about 80% correct.