Scope ring screw only available?

[Wayne Smith]

Down in Muzzleloading I have a post about my Pastor's Knight rifle - kept under his bed and never fired.

Whoever he got it from was a gorilla - It has a Tasco Scope on it that is dented and the cross hairs are broken. Two of the ring screw heads were stripped - one completely and I had to drill it out, the other I could grab with a torx end.

Now I have rings missing screws - and I only need two. I know it's a fillister end and I can get the size and thread checked at my local hardware store. Are they my best choice to find two screws?

Oh, his rifle is OK, I had spare rings and a spare scope.

[M-Tecs]

You will not find that thread pitch at the hardware store. Brownells or Midway will have them.

[LAGS]

The Ace Hardware near me does have Gunsmith Sized Threaded screws.
They are seperate from the other screws they normally stock.
The Gal that works there pointed them out when I happened to tell her that I was a gunsmith.
But normally I just order them in a Kit from Midway or Brownells.
The scope ring cap screws are usually 6-48 or 8-40

[C. Latch]

I bought a cheap set of (millett?) rings once and the screws promptly broke when I tried to tighten them.

I called brownells, which is where I'd bought the rings, and they sent me a set of better-grade screws as replacements immediately, at no cost. I didn't even ask for the screws; I just asked how to return the rings, and they offered to send the screws.

[Uncle Jimbo]

The Ace Hardware near me does have Gunsmith Sized Threaded screws.
They are seperate from the other screws they normally stock.
The Gal that works there pointed them out when I happened to tell her that I was a gunsmith.
But normally I just order them in a Kit from Midway or Brownells.
The scope ring cap screws are usually 6-48 or 8-40

The Ace Hardware near me carries gunsmith sized threaded screws also. so maybe they all do.

[C. Latch]

The Ace Hardware near me carries gunsmith sized threaded screws also. so maybe they all do.

Mine does not. They have a lot of stuff and I enjoy shopping there, but they don't have gunsmith-sized screws. Or roll pins. Or a handful of other things I've tried to get there.

[Texas by God]

You can call the manufacturer of the rings and they will send free replacement screws.

[M-Tecs]

Stopped at my local Ace Hardware today and asking about guns sized screws. That one didn't carry them.

[Traffer]

There is a place online that you can buy individual screws. I can't rememeber the name of it. Found it on eBay. I will look through my files and see if I can find it for you. He is a nice guy and doesn't charge crazy prices. I think I paid a couple of bucks for the screws I needed for an old Weaver mount. I think they were 8-40 or something like that.
OK found it but the most of the links don't work anymore. Maybe you need Internet Explorer which I do not have. I am also including a link to eBay so you can check there. Another suggestion is to post the size you need here and I am sure someone will offer to give you a couple of screws.
http://www.castbullet.com/index.htm
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-4-Com...FcWUF_g_RrNcOQ
Good Luck

[Wayne Smith]

Gotta take one to the hardware store to have sized. Apparantly they used one metric size and one American size, no idea which this is.

[PaulG67]

A hardware store just up the road from me has them also. I would at least check your nearest store.

[Tackleberry41]

Depends on the ace, some are better stocked than others. On N of me, has tray of gun specific screws. One s of me is lucky to have regular bolts, they have the rows of bins, just all empty.

[KCSO]

Ace Hardware now carries gun screws, looks like the Brownell's assortment and your screw will be in there.

[LAGS]

I have gotten Cheap rings in Horse trade deals or on rifles that I bought.
Some of them had stripped or Odd metric screws.
I just drilled them out and retapped them to 6-48 or 8-40 screws that I had plenty of.

[Geezer in NH]

I'm thinking a gun shop???