grrrrrrr!!!

[Roy]

well the picture should explain it. A number six screw where a #8 should be.
:cursing: :cursing:

Atleast I have the ability to make a screw. :shake:

 

[Birddog6]

Don't see a problem. :hmm: If you can make a #6 you can make a #8 screw. make it, drill it out, retap & go on ....... :grin:

:shocked2: Uhhhh.........Oh...!! Now I see the problem !! The sear is Wrong-Handed !! Holy Moly !! :shocked2:

 

[Roy]

The point was that it is a commercially made lock.

 

[rich pierce]

dang, I rarely see a #8 on lock internals, so I am surprised. Maybe I can barely see that the sear has a larger hole in it? Is that the thing? Send it back, get another.

 

[davy]

Hope you can see the problem better here .. just trying to help amigos .. :hatsoff:

Davy

 

[Birddog6]

OK. got it. I thought you were building the lock, as you said "I can make a screw" ? :redface:

I would send it back.

Keith

 

[rich pierce]

I think you exercised a lot of restraint, just saying "grrrr"!

 

[Roy]

Thanks Davy :thumbsup:

The thing is that the gun will be gone by Tuesdayish

I usually do all of the final fitting and lock tuning right before it goes out the door.

It works like a champ now. :v

 

[J.D.]

How about a oiled bronze bushing? Durable, well lubricated, and might slick/speed things up a bit.
J.D.

 

[Roy]

Too late now :v I thought about that well after I had already made a new screw for it.

 

[bavarialand]

can you put a sleave or bushing-? :hmm:

 

[Roy]

It would have been thin walled, but I believe I could have if I thought of it before I made the new screw.

 

[Birddog6]

So, you made a new #8 full screw & retapped the lockplate or ya made a new #8 screw shaft with a #6 thread on it ? :hmm:

 

[Roy]

So, you made a new #8 full screw & retapped the lockplate or ya made a new #8 screw shaft with a #6 thread on it ? :hmm:

Well I was going to make a #8 with a #6 thread, but I can not find my darn 6-40 die, so I just made a #8 and re-drilled and tapped the hole in the lockplate.

I prefer to make lock screws with a shelf so they can not be over tightened, but by cutting the thread where they stop when everything is "right" works too. :thumbsup:

 

[Roy]

Just makes me wonder how many other locks like this were made? I just have a feeling someone is out there filing away the full cock notch trying to work out the creep, not even thinking of the screw.

 

[Birddog6]

Either way will work. I would have went with the full #8 also, as the screw is not gonna back out & doesn't need to be That tight, just snugged up.

Could be just a fluke, sure seems strange a lockmaker would do this. They are Supposed to know what they are doing.... But I wonder at times from some I have seen....... :shake:

 

[Roy]

I think you exercised a lot of restraint, just saying "grrrr"!

:rotf: That was the edited version :haha:

 

[Roy]

Could be just a fluke, sure seems strange a lockmaker would do this. They are Supposed to know what they are doing.... But I wonder at times from some I have seen....... :shake:

Hopefully it was just just the wrong sear picked up in the pile of parts.