Early Barrel Band Replacment Screw
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Early Barrel Band Replacment Screw
I have an front barrel band for a early Mosin that lost its screw at one point and I was hoping to be able to fix it as I would hate to just give up on it.
I was curious if anyone out there was able to find a solution to this problem and hoping its not just a lost cause.
I was curious if anyone out there was able to find a solution to this problem and hoping its not just a lost cause.
Re: Early Barrel Band Replacment Screw
Look at #2 domed head slotted wood screws. I think 2 is about the right size. I got some at the hardware store. Get the steel ones and "age" it to match. Looks like the originals.
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Re: Early Barrel Band Replacment Screw
Wouldn't I need to modify it some make it look like an original? Since there is no threading for most of the length until you almost get the base of the head?
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You aren't gonna need one over a half inch long. The short ones are threaded the entire length. Yes you will have to "age" it. I heated mine red with a propane torch and dropped them in some old nasty black oil.Dburnette25 wrote: ↑Sat May 13, 2023 7:11 pmWouldn't I need to modify it some make it look like an original? Since there is no threading for most of the length until you almost get the base of the head?
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Re: Early Barrel Band Replacment Screw
Is that the left hand thread screw ? There is something "screwy" about that band screw on M-91.
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I am not sure if the screw being referred to is the the machine screw that is part of the band, or the small wood screw that kept the band from moving. If it is the captive machine screw, it is not left-handed even though it seems like it until you look how it actually operates. The wood screw is an easy replacement, the other not so much.steelbuttplate wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 4:27 amIs that the left hand thread screw ? There is something "screwy" about that band screw on M-91.
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Re: Early Barrel Band Replacment Screw
Remember the old screw tightened barrel bands went left tight, right loose, and is the reason so many are missing the screws. We broke them going the wrong way.....
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Re: Early Barrel Band Replacment Screw
I thought we were talking about the little wood screw. If this is about the main band screw, then SA1911 is correct. Not a good fix.SA1911a1 wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 11:05 amI am not sure if the screw being referred to is the the machine screw that is part of the band, or the small wood screw that kept the band from moving. If it is the captive machine screw, it is not left-handed even though it seems like it until you look how it actually operates. The wood screw is an easy replacement, the other not so much.steelbuttplate wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 4:27 amIs that the left hand thread screw ? There is something "screwy" about that band screw on M-91.
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Re: Early Barrel Band Replacment Screw
I fixed one of those, got it to tighten and function with another machine screw, I can't remember exactly, it wasn't correct but was functional. The only place you might get the right one is Tula, Russia.
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Re: Early Barrel Band Replacment Screw
I have "original looking" wood screws in plain steel. The head is different then what you usually see.
If it's the main tightening screw and left handed, I don't have that one.
If it's the main tightening screw and left handed, I don't have that one.