Question on Grip Screws

[Hugh]

This company has just about any size die & tap that you would want, some are a little expensive:

www.tapsndies.com

[A.Mifsin]

Originally Posted by Hugh

This company has just about any size die & tap that you would want, some are a little expensive:

www.tapsndies.com

Is this the die we are looking for?

http://www.tapsndies.com/catalog/ite...10/6865208.htm

Alf.

[sheepherder]

Just for S&G, I tried a Luger grip screw in my crimping pliars...(electricians pliars)...It went in nice & easy; not too tight, not too loose...It's the #10-32 hole...

A #10-32 HHCS goes in nice & easy, too...But won't go in a Luger grip frame...

...Doesn't prove anything...Just thought I'd throw this in here...

[sheepherder]

I drilled & tapped three holes in a piece of scrap steel today...Using the following taps & drills

Tap/Drill

3/16" x 30/#23

3/16" x 32/#22

#10 x 32/#21

(The two 3/16" taps obtained from www.tapsndies.com; the #10 is from Ace Hardware)

Pics below...Both the 3/16" x 30 & the 3/16" x 32 tapped holes accepted a Luger grip screw...(off an S/42 Luger)...The #10 x 32 tapped hole would only allow 2 threads of the screw before binding...The two 3/16" tapped holes allowed all 3 threads of the grip screw...

I ended up tapping my grip frame with the 3/16" x 32 tap...The Luger grip screw fits just fine...

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Hugh

This company has just about any size die & tap that you would want, some are a little expensive:

www.tapsndies.com

...???...I don't see any reference to these being "Whitworth" anywhere on the site...