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Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:24 pm
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Hello,
I am just starting to get my feet wet here after being inspired by Dave/drcook's Ithaca 37 project. I have a 1952 featherlight that needs some work.
Very early but wanted to see if anyone was willing to sell bits and pieces here rather than me buying a set with 30 bits I don't need.
Best,
Jamie |
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Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:55 am
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If you tinker much with firearms, especially if they are of various makes and nationalities, you'll use the bits.
If basics is all you need Lyman used to make a screwdriver with interchangeable bits and they can always be ground to fit and rehardened if necessary. I've had to do that frequently. |
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Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:02 am
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| Jbgregory wrote: |
Hello,
I am just starting to get my feet wet here after being inspired by Dave/drcook's Ithaca 37 project. I have a 1952 featherlight that needs some work.
Very early but wanted to see if anyone was willing to sell bits and pieces here rather than me buying a set with 30 bits I don't need.
Best,
Jamie
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If you want to only buy the ones you need for your particular gun, Brownells sells individual bits. Use a standard feeler gauge to determine the width of the slot on your screws and a caliper to get the length of the slot and just order those. You'll need some type of handle also, which Brownells sells separately.
When I went through Jack Rowe's double gun gunsmithing class, all his "turnscrews" were individually reground screwdrivers to fit typical gun screws. |
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Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:28 am
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MidwayUSA has a Wheeler set on sale for under $40.00. Regularly around $70.00. It is, I think the 64 bit set in the case for the 89 bit set, so you can add to it. The 89 bit set is about $69.00, where Brownells and OpticsPlanet sell that one for about $89.00.
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Last edited by rkittine on Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:29 am; edited 1 time in total
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16 Gauge O/U Browning 525 Sporting
16 Gauge SxS Rizzini Islide
16 Gauge Pump Browning BPS Upland
16 Gauge Semi-Auto Remington 1100 Sporting |
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Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:29 am
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My wife bought me a nice set of wheeler 89 piece professional gunsmithing screwdriver set from cabelas . They are on sale right now for $79.95.
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Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:19 am
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Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:51 pm
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I second the Chapman screwdriver set. Large range of head sizes & styles, and you can order them individually if you need to make something custom (like a notched flat for a bushed firing pin). Their master set would make a fine birthday present for your wife  . |
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Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:59 pm
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| I double checked today. The Chapmans (well at least my old set) fit Ithaca 37 screws much better than the other ones. |
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Sun Feb 01, 2015 6:35 pm
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| what about Grace screwdrivers.. very nice look and they will custom grind them for you |
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Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:36 am
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Ask and ye shall receive.
My lovely and thoughtful wife surprised me with a nice starter set from Chapman this morning on my birthday. Many thanks to all for your suggestions and and I look forward to posing pictures of my Ithaca 37 restoration project.
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Jamie |
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Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:44 pm
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| I second Riflemeisters suggestion to consider reshaping existing screwdrivers to specific purpose. It seems that often, none of the sets I own with interchangable tips seem to fit the troublesome job at hand. Almost all of my Grace screwdrivers have been reshaped at least once. I prefer Grace for that reason over the little bitty interchangable tips which are too hard & small to work on. I even have a few Sears, Harbor Freight, etc drivers with tips I have reshaped over the years. |
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Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:31 am
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| I just bought a Pachmayr set from Amazon for less than $20 on sale. Made in Taiwan but almost everything is made overseas now. Looks like it will work for me. |
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Sun Mar 01, 2015 5:40 am
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You guys that are snowed in might be interested in killing time watching a master gunsmith make turnscrews for fine doubles from scratch in the British tradition. Sorry, no subtitles. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9xAA5UnF1w |
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