Source of Cheek Rest Screws?

Grant580 did you discuss cheek rest screws with Dick? (Started new thread to a void hijacking the transit chest thread)


"By the way, while searching for British hinges and various screws for my boxes I came a across a fellow in the U.S. who specalizes in strange and hard to find hardware, nuts and bolts etc,,. His website is http://www.blacksmithbolt.com and he sells the hard to find screws to fasten the lid hasps and posts to the boxes. His name is Dick Naven and he has bent over backwards to help me find those screws and is highly recommended in case anyone is interested."

I have tried the current non-brass offerings, functional but the heads are not countersunk. Thoughts? Maybe we could do a "run" of screws for those who are interested?

Surely there can't be a shortage of old brass or steel No8 (or is it 10) 1.25 and 1.5" long countersunk screws for the cheek rest can there? They are readily available in the UK from any (?) of the high street iron mongers...................... Or am I missing something?

I would first take Peter's advice, they surely cannot be that special, but if you cannot find them locally try here - they are advertising brass set for £6.00 the pair:

VALMONT FIREARMS lee enfield

I've got tons of brass ones lying about. Haven't managed to find the correct steel ones, though tbh, I haven't looked very hard.

Don't go for Valmont's brass screws!!

He sent me Philips head screws as originals. as far as I am aware they should be single slot ONLY?

It seems to me the last time (day or two ago) I did a search on Evil bay, the brass and steel ones both came up. I didn't think to ask Dick Niven about cheek rest screws when I talked to him last Cold Zero, but will next time I talk to him. Dick's website is http://www.blacksmithbolt.com if anyone cares to search his sight.

They are bog standard 8 gauge steel woodscrews with slotted , countersink heads. Will cost 10c from your local hardware store. The front one is inch-and-a-quarter and the rear one is inch-and-a-half. They look like the screws in the second of the picture posted above. Don't buy brass, nor ones with domed or flat-dome tops, nor ones with Phillips slots. They should be lined up with the right hand side of the action, and if I recall correctly the rear of the cheekpiece is 75 mm (3 inch) from the buttplate.

Brass were an authorised alternative. Always used in the tropics

In the UK. twin thread," bright zinc plated " screws have replaced the old "self coloured" single start screws
they are out there but not from the local hardware store. I am finding the ones I need on Evil bay looking for NETTLEFOULDS wood screws.
(see you in a bidding war !!!!!!)

on a sniper chest that is going to get painted as long as they are slotted head,s the thread form and bright zinc plating will not matter ....BUT would you like to look at two shiny screw heads on your No4(t)

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Originally Posted by RobD

They should be lined up with the right hand side of the action, and if I recall correctly the rear of the cheekpiece is 75 mm (3 inch) from the buttplate.

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I'm certainly no expert, but I have to question that statement. My 1951 sniper pamphlet makes mention of ensuring that the cheek piece is properly fitted to the individual sniper, and to take the rifle to the unit armourer if it needs to be adjusted.