1903 Trigger guard screw tap size

[Chuckindenver]

msc is waaaay cheaper the Brownells......waaaaaayyyyyy cheaper.

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[Patrick Chadwick]

msc is waaaay cheaper the Brownells......waaaaaayyyyyy cheaper.

I agree. The prices seem favorable when I see what a non-metric tap costs here. It is astonishing how many taps & dies one can have, and still not have the right one. Screw thread systems are one of those fields where the world has always been afflicted by the "not invented here" syndrome".

As to MSC versus Brownells, I have observed on several occasions that something that, as an industrial product, can be bought by the gallon without wrecking your budget, suddenly costs the same for a scent-bottle sized flask if it is sold as shooting supplies. And the industrial product is usually precisely labelled, without any snake-oil fantasy as can be found on the "delicatessen" products offered to shooters, model-makers etc.

Oops, this is turning into a rant, better stop now!

Patrick

[Long Island]

Sorry I'm late to the party, try Victor Machinery Exchange Inc. in Bklyn, NY

1/4-30 tap $7.90, has a lot of odd ball tap and dies, also metric

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