Please suggest a Gunsmithing Screwdriver Set.

Faster Blaster · April 9, 2002, 09:20 PM

Can anyone suggest a decent quality (but not too expensive) gunsmithing screwdriver set. If you have an online source to buy it, that would also be helpful.

Jim V · April 10, 2002, 07:47 AM

Grace makes a good set as well as several other companies. Dillons - www.dillonprecision.com - offers a nice set or two. Brownells - www.brownells.com - has any number. Midway - www.midwayusa.com - offers a couple of sets.

wine9er · April 10, 2002, 12:16 PM

Just last mo. I decided to research the availability of sets for my SA's(new model). Brownells had 'em for $33 set of 3....seemed really extravagent for such a mundane tool. Does anyone have recommendation for a set that would serve both my Blackhawk and Kel-tec-32?

kindlyoldcoach · April 10, 2002, 12:33 PM

I've got a very small set sold by Lyman. It's called their Compact Driver Kit, and it comes with a short standard driver and a very handy reversible ratchet ball driver- just the ticket for rifle stock butt-spacer screws with 3" of thread. Both drivers take interchangeable magnetic tips. It was not expensive, and is worth more than I paid.
http://www.lymanproducts.com/lymanproducts/tools.htm

'coach

TEXAS LAWMAN · April 10, 2002, 01:37 PM

I'm pleased with my gunsmithing screwdriver sets from CHAPMAN. Probably ordered them from Brownells.

Ed Brunner · April 10, 2002, 04:31 PM

http://www.lippman-enterprises.com/lyman5.html

bowhnter · April 10, 2002, 06:47 PM

Grace metal products. 8 pc set.

JNewell · April 12, 2002, 02:41 PM

I have been buying screwdrivers since 1970. The best I have ever seen for guns and other machinery are the Brownells sets.

part swede · April 12, 2002, 06:29 PM

I have the Chapman 8900 kit, the more complete one with interchangeable standard, Philips, and hex heads, with the screwdriver handle, removable shaft, and ratchet handle.
They have extensive optional heads. Around $30 at Brownells.

HankL · April 12, 2002, 07:55 PM

Faster Blaster, A gunsmith's creed is like that of a Medical Doctor's. DON'T CAUSE DAMAGE WHILE YOU ARE MAKING YOUR MONEY Get a good set and file or grind them to fit and when you need more get more. If the blade of the screwdriver does not fit the head of the screw problems will show up.

I like the bits that you can put in any driver because they can matched to the screw head at a small cost of my time. Brownells sells a bunch of them but you can pick them up at the hardware store as well.

Nanaimo Barr · April 14, 2002, 10:15 PM

another vote for Chapman, they advertise that the screwdriver bit will break before the screw will.. (ever try to get out a stripped or broken screw???)

April 9, 2002, 09:20 PM	#1
Faster Blaster Member Join Date: January 16, 2002 Posts: 27	Please suggest a Gunsmithing Screwdriver Set. Can anyone suggest a decent quality (but not too expensive) gunsmithing screwdriver set. If you have an online source to buy it, that would also be helpful.

April 10, 2002, 07:47 AM	#2
Jim V Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 1999 Location: SE Michigan - USA Posts: 4,038	Grace makes a good set as well as several other companies. Dillons - www.dillonprecision.com - offers a nice set or two. Brownells - www.brownells.com - has any number. Midway - www.midwayusa.com - offers a couple of sets. __________________ *MOLON LABE* If it ain't metal, single stack & single action, it ain't a 1911 no matter what it looks like. 1911 Forum THE TUBBY CURMUDGEON

April 10, 2002, 12:16 PM	#3
wine9er Member Join Date: December 13, 2001 Location: ca. Posts: 44	ruger SA screwdriver set Just last mo. I decided to research the availability of sets for my SA's(new model). Brownells had 'em for $33 set of 3....seemed really extravagent for such a mundane tool. Does anyone have recommendation for a set that would serve both my Blackhawk and Kel-tec-32? __________________ "An education is acquired, a man is self made"

April 10, 2002, 01:37 PM	#5
TEXAS LAWMAN Senior Member Join Date: August 27, 1999 Posts: 304	CHAPMAN I'm pleased with my gunsmithing screwdriver sets from CHAPMAN. Probably ordered them from Brownells.

April 10, 2002, 04:31 PM	#6
Ed Brunner Senior Member Join Date: October 11, 1998 Location: Natchez, MS, USA Posts: 2,562	Look at... http://www.lippman-enterprises.com/lyman5.html __________________ MOLON LABE UNTIL IT'S OVER! Ed

April 10, 2002, 12:33 PM	#4
kindlyoldcoach Member Join Date: April 3, 2002 Posts: 82	I've got a very small set sold by Lyman. It's called their Compact Driver Kit, and it comes with a short standard driver and a very handy reversible ratchet ball driver- just the ticket for rifle stock butt-spacer screws with 3" of thread. Both drivers take interchangeable magnetic tips. It was not expensive, and is worth more than I paid. http://www.lymanproducts.com/lymanproducts/tools.htm 'coach

April 10, 2002, 06:47 PM	#7
bowhnter Senior Member Join Date: February 10, 2002 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 173	Grace metal products. 8 pc set. __________________ bowhnter =========== "None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important, but especially so at a moment when rights the most essential to our welfare have been violated." --Thomas Jefferson -----, 1803. ME 10:365

April 12, 2002, 02:41 PM	#8
JNewell Senior Member Join Date: March 12, 2000 Posts: 1,092	I have been buying screwdrivers since 1970. The best I have ever seen for guns and other machinery are the Brownells sets.

April 12, 2002, 06:29 PM	#9
part swede Senior Member Join Date: October 5, 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 111	I have the Chapman 8900 kit, the more complete one with interchangeable standard, Philips, and hex heads, with the screwdriver handle, removable shaft, and ratchet handle. They have extensive optional heads. Around $30 at Brownells.

April 12, 2002, 07:55 PM	#10
HankL Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 1999 Location: The Sunny South Posts: 2,174	Faster Blaster, A gunsmith's creed is like that of a Medical Doctor's. DON'T CAUSE DAMAGE WHILE YOU ARE MAKING YOUR MONEY Get a good set and file or grind them to fit and when you need more get more. If the blade of the screwdriver does not fit the head of the screw problems will show up. I like the bits that you can put in any driver because they can matched to the screw head at a small cost of my time. Brownells sells a bunch of them but you can pick them up at the hardware store as well. __________________ Check 6

April 14, 2002, 10:15 PM	#11
Nanaimo Barr Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2001 Location: North Idaho Posts: 1,024	another vote for Chapman, they advertise that the screwdriver bit will break before the screw will.. (ever try to get out a stripped or broken screw???) __________________ "Question that Regulation, you might be suprised to find out it's Illegal"

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