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Slotted screw vs. Phillips head screw: Legal or not?


Widder, SASS #59054

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SHB pg 36

SCREWS
- Factory screws may be replaced with socket head cap or other type screws.

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WIDDER,

 

Atz a screwed question.  Stop Screwing around would ya.  It's obviously not a screw up, to screw wid yer screws, no matter how screwed it seems.  Sorta.  Maybe. B)

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I needed a small screw for an original 1887 shotgun.  I think it ran the trigger spring.  It screwed in from the top tang into the flat spring.  I tried everything I had at hand. It was an odd one. Went to Westlake Hardware with the spring in hand. Searched high and low and finally found an exact match. #5 fine thread. A little long. That was no problem.  The head was Allen. Used it. i think the reproductions have a coil spring. 

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As easy as it is to bugger a slotted screw, it's even easier with (and just about impossible to touch up) a Phillips head screw.  I'd go with a socket or even torx.

 

good luck, GJ

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4 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said:

Can an external 'Phillips head' screw be substituted for a 'straight slotted' screw and be considered a legal mod?

 

Thanks

 

 

..........Widder

 

Ok, what did Tennessee Williams try and pull this time? :D

 

Kajun

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Slowly, this "thread" may be "spiraling" out of control. :lol:

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7 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said:

Can an external 'Phillips head' screw be substituted for a 'straight slotted' screw and be considered a legal mod?

 

Thanks

 

 

..........Widder

 

Only on the left side :lol:

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6 hours ago, Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 said:

As easy as it is to bugger a slotted screw, it's even easier (and just about impossible to touch up) a Phillips head screw.  I'd go with a socket or even torx.

 

good luck, GJ

 

+++ torx are great for lifter spring screws.  ;)

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Back when pards drug their irons through the dirt, dust and manure day after day, it was probably easier to clean mud out of  a slot than from a socket.  Now that we have compressed air, picks, ultrasonic cleaners and gun cases, the need for simple clean out has receded.  

 

good luck, GJ

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On 7/16/2022 at 5:41 PM, Mister Badly said:

Phillips head screws are the devil. 

I've read that Phillips heads were originally developed to prevent over-torquing of screws in manufacturing assembly lines.  The screws were intended to strip, as a sacrificial part, and still  be reverse-removable prior to over-torquing and damage to more expensive parts occurring.  

 

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