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lugerholsterrepair · 03-20-2013, 10:20 AM

I can't imagine applying enough pressure to a shoulder stock to break the screws

Doug, That is certainly true! Although twice now I have found original snail drum loading tools with pivot pins broken off at the thread ends! This pin is about twice as robust as a stock screw..It also has a slotted head and you have to wonder how the break took place? Neither slot has any damage and there is no extreme downward pressure I can figure out. You would think it almost has to be a metal or hardening problem?

03-20-2013, 10:20 AM	#15
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	I can't imagine applying enough pressure to a shoulder stock to break the screws Doug, That is certainly true! Although twice now I have found original snail drum loading tools with pivot pins broken off at the thread ends! This pin is about twice as robust as a stock screw..It also has a slotted head and you have to wonder how the break took place? Neither slot has any damage and there is no extreme downward pressure I can figure out. You would think it almost has to be a metal or hardening problem? __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."