Screws for stock iron

[PatrickB]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

May I suggest that anyone, including the OP, who owns a genuine stock iron, take it to a local hardware store and use their ability to determine the actual thread specification for the stock iron screws by trying samples of screws in the threaded portion?

This would be good information to know. Unfortunately, my Luger Blueprint CD does not include prints and specs on the stocks...

IF anyone has a genuine blueprint for the stock and associated parts, Please PM me, I would love to be able to include it in the Blueprint CD.

2nd question... does anyone who owns both a genuine stock, and a reproduction stock know if the repro screws will fit a genuine stock?

John-- I bought some new screws at a gun show that were supposed to be for a stock iron. They were the same configuration and length as the original screws and looked perfect. However, they were a modern metric thread and would not screw into the original iron more than 1 or 2 threads. Also, none of the usual US thread forms available at a hardware store would fit the threads. Marc's suggestion that they are Whitworth thread is probably correct. The screws I bought may have been for the reproduction stock irons.