Ishy screw

[BigBadDog]

The dreaded Ishy screw.

Does anyone have any information about when it was first used or authorised for use? In either India or Uk.

Was this ‘modification’ ever used by civilian gunsmiths?

Many thanks.

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[55recce]

I did some research on this a long time ago so forget some of the details. Here is what I recall:

- The problem (split fore ends) and the solution (dowel or screw) was not limited to Ishy rifles or is always an Ishy only solution to the problem
- Early problems in the "UK" were solved by a dowel rather than a screw and a very neat job was usually done
- Later UK problems were solved by a screw but a much smaller headed screw head was used that did not go all the way through the stock and a much neater job was done
- Only Ishapore did a rather ugly job with a large screw that went right the way through and look ugly and crude from either side
- Screw does not necessarily equal Ishapore unless it is really ugly and goes all the way through

I am sure that people more expert than I may have other information and this may all be incorrect bit was what I could gather at the time. Most people seem to think that any screw automatically means Indian repair but I found this was not so. For example a friend of mine has a Long Branch No 4 that has clearly never been to India but it does have a neat screw repair. Unfortunately everyone assumes it is an Ishy rifle despite there being no evidence to support this.

[MasterChief]

More than 20 years ago I bought a NOS 4-piece stock set from Sportman's Guide to "restore" a $69.95 No1 MkIII* project rifle I had gotten a couple of years earlier. The set cost $60.00 and included all new (Indian) wood which I believe is called shesham and resembles mahogany. Except for the rear handguard which was a white hardwood.

The brand-new Indian forend included a brand-new Ishy screw.

It took about 4 hours to fit the entire stock set which had never been on a rifle before.

Just something (useless info) for your archives. Best wishes. Dave

[BigBadDog]

Hi guys

Many thanks.

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