Wich Forster plug screws for rem 700 bdl

[TheSwede]

Hej! looking at midway and doesnt understand wich plug screws I need. I want to plug the holes after my iron sights on my remington 700 BDL (1982)

There is three seize: 10-32 x 1/8 and 8-40 x 1/8 and 6-48 x 1/8

Do I need all seizes? To clearify, I need 4 screws to fill the holes from from front and rear iron sight

 

[rcmodel]

6-48 TPI x 1/8" is what you need.

Any gunsmith or decent gun shop should have a bunch of them.

rc

 

[TheSwede]

Thank you very much! I'll check with my local gunsmith!

 

[TheSwede]

Just discovered when checking that the rear sight holes are deeper than the front ones...

 

[rcmodel]

It doesn't matter.

Plug screws do not bottom out in the holes.

All they do is plug the holes.

Put a tiny drop of BLUE Lock-Tight on each plug screw.
Screw it in until flush with the barrel, and leave it be 12-24 hours until the L-T kicks over.

You can even 'clock' or align the screw slots with the barrel if you are OCD enough!!

rc

 

[TheSwede]

Thanks!

 

[Catpop]

Gee RC, that's exactly what I did back in the 70's! Brings back memories over my old gunshop. Thanks

 

[Catpop]

Also they made two different styles. One had a head which I did not like as it could not be aligned with the barrel. The other was a straight plug screw, this was the one like RC said you put a drop of loctite on and aligned with the barrel.