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03 May 2024, 17:49
richj
RICHARDS MICROFIT STOCKS, INC.
This is a stock from the late 1980's from Richards. First one I mucked with. 35mm photos scanned.

Sako barreled action is from Accuflight??







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04 May 2024, 22:24
dpcd
35mm? You can just use your cell phone now you know.
Richards now uses CNC for most popular actions and they are very precise. I have some here if you want to check them out; come on over.
Less common actions they still use the old pantograph machine.
04 May 2024, 23:05
richj
photos were taken in the 80's when I finished the stock.
04 May 2024, 23:28
ANTELOPEDUNDEE
quote:
Originally posted by dpcd:
Those are not gun parts are they, specifically, if you are accused of smuggling gun parts to Sweden?
Plug screws have many non firearm applicants.


I have been informed that the restrictions apply to ANY firearm part so I guess if the screws came from a firearm they are a firearm part.


Give me a home where the buffalo roam and I'll show you a house full of buffalo shit.
05 May 2024, 03:41
dpcd
Screws from my local hardware store didn't come from a firearm and could plug any hole.
RJ, it was a joke.
05 May 2024, 19:42
ANTELOPEDUNDEE
quote:
Originally posted by dpcd:
Screws from my local hardware store didn't come from a firearm and could plug any hole.
RJ, it was a joke.


They likely have 6/40 screws in Swedish hardware stores, but if you want the real thing then you want factory issued replacements. I suppose one could take their chances, but if something goes amiss why leave it up to a bureaucrat to determine if they are just plain screws or not?


Give me a home where the buffalo roam and I'll show you a house full of buffalo shit.
05 May 2024, 20:25
slivers
quote:
Originally posted by ANTELOPEDUNDEE:
quote:
Originally posted by dpcd:
Screws from my local hardware store didn't come from a firearm and could plug any hole.
RJ, it was a joke.


They likely have 6/40 screws in Swedish hardware stores, but if you want the real thing then you want factory issued replacements. I suppose one could take their chances, but if something goes amiss why leave it up to a bureaucrat to determine if they are just plain screws or not?
Most plug screws, for firearms, are 6-48. Through customs, the left and right hands don't know the difference. Case in point, several years ago I got a call from a man claiming to be US Customs, Port of Chicago. He asked about some 'parts he had in front of him (not mine) that he could not identify. By verbal description, I was of no help. He emailed a pic, with parts laid on top of USC letterhead. I identified the parts in question, 2 chambering reamers and gages to go with), and he thanked me. To the point, he did not know what a chambering reamer or the gages looked like. Unlikely an inspector would know the difference between a 6-40 and 6-48 'set screw'. But, your 'chance' to take. ITAR is nothing to fool with.


05 May 2024, 21:18
ANTELOPEDUNDEE
quote:
Originally posted by slivers:
quote:
Originally posted by ANTELOPEDUNDEE:
quote:
Originally posted by dpcd:
Screws from my local hardware store didn't come from a firearm and could plug any hole.
RJ, it was a joke.


They likely have 6/40 screws in Swedish hardware stores, but if you want the real thing then you want factory issued replacements. I suppose one could take their chances, but if something goes amiss why leave it up to a bureaucrat to determine if they are just plain screws or not?
Most plug screws, for firearms, are 6-48. Through customs, the left and right hands don't know the difference. Case in point, several years ago I got a call from a man claiming to be US Customs, Port of Chicago. He asked about some 'parts he had in front of him (not mine) that he could not identify. By verbal description, I was of no help. He emailed a pic, with parts laid on top of USC letterhead. I identified the parts in question, 2 chambering reamers and gages to go with), and he thanked me. To the point, he did not know what a chambering reamer or the gages looked like. Unlikely an inspector would know the difference between a 6-40 and 6-48 'set screw'. But, your 'chance' to take. ITAR is nothing to fool with.


Remington 700 base screws are 6-40. Are the factory sight screw holes also 6-40 or are they 6-48? I'm assuming they would be the same. I no longer have an old factory barrel to try them with.


Give me a home where the buffalo roam and I'll show you a house full of buffalo shit.
05 May 2024, 21:26
slivers
quote:
Originally posted by ANTELOPEDUNDEE:
quote:
Originally posted by slivers:
quote:
Originally posted by ANTELOPEDUNDEE:
quote:
Originally posted by dpcd:
Screws from my local hardware store didn't come from a firearm and could plug any hole.
RJ, it was a joke.


They likely have 6/40 screws in Swedish hardware stores, but if you want the real thing then you want factory issued replacements. I suppose one could take their chances, but if something goes amiss why leave it up to a bureaucrat to determine if they are just plain screws or not?
Most plug screws, for firearms, are 6-48. Through customs, the left and right hands don't know the difference. Case in point, several years ago I got a call from a man claiming to be US Customs, Port of Chicago. He asked about some 'parts he had in front of him (not mine) that he could not identify. By verbal description, I was of no help. He emailed a pic, with parts laid on top of USC letterhead. I identified the parts in question, 2 chambering reamers and gages to go with), and he thanked me. To the point, he did not know what a chambering reamer or the gages looked like. Unlikely an inspector would know the difference between a 6-40 and 6-48 'set screw'. But, your 'chance' to take. ITAR is nothing to fool with.


Remington 700 base screws are 6-40. Are the factory sight screw holes also 6-40 or are they 6-48? I'm assuming they would be the same. I no longer have an old factory barrel to try them with.
6-48


05 May 2024, 21:54
ANTELOPEDUNDEE
quote:
Originally posted by slivers:
quote:
Originally posted by ANTELOPEDUNDEE:
quote:
Originally posted by slivers:
quote:
Originally posted by ANTELOPEDUNDEE:
quote:
Originally posted by dpcd:
Screws from my local hardware store didn't come from a firearm and could plug any hole.
RJ, it was a joke.


They likely have 6/40 screws in Swedish hardware stores, but if you want the real thing then you want factory issued replacements. I suppose one could take their chances, but if something goes amiss why leave it up to a bureaucrat to determine if they are just plain screws or not?
Most plug screws, for firearms, are 6-48. Through customs, the left and right hands don't know the difference. Case in point, several years ago I got a call from a man claiming to be US Customs, Port of Chicago. He asked about some 'parts he had in front of him (not mine) that he could not identify. By verbal description, I was of no help. He emailed a pic, with parts laid on top of USC letterhead. I identified the parts in question, 2 chambering reamers and gages to go with), and he thanked me. To the point, he did not know what a chambering reamer or the gages looked like. Unlikely an inspector would know the difference between a 6-40 and 6-48 'set screw'. But, your 'chance' to take. ITAR is nothing to fool with.


Remington 700 base screws are 6-40. Are the factory sight screw holes also 6-40 or are they 6-48? I'm assuming they would be the same. I no longer have an old factory barrel to try them with.
6-48


ok ty


Give me a home where the buffalo roam and I'll show you a house full of buffalo shit.
06 May 2024, 00:27
Atkinson
The last thing I want is a drop in stock. I want 20 to 30 excess. I can remove wood wood, I cannot put it back to suit meself!


Ray Atkinson
Atkinson Hunting Adventures
10 Ward Lane,
Filer, Idaho, 83328
208-731-4120

rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com
06 May 2024, 01:40
slivers
quote:
Originally posted by ANTELOPEDUNDEE:
quote:
Originally posted by slivers:
quote:
Originally posted by ANTELOPEDUNDEE:
quote:
Originally posted by slivers:
quote:
Originally posted by ANTELOPEDUNDEE:
quote:
Originally posted by dpcd:
Screws from my local hardware store didn't come from a firearm and could plug any hole.
RJ, it was a joke.


They likely have 6/40 screws in Swedish hardware stores, but if you want the real thing then you want factory issued replacements. I suppose one could take their chances, but if something goes amiss why leave it up to a bureaucrat to determine if they are just plain screws or not?
Most plug screws, for firearms, are 6-48. Through customs, the left and right hands don't know the difference. Case in point, several years ago I got a call from a man claiming to be US Customs, Port of Chicago. He asked about some 'parts he had in front of him (not mine) that he could not identify. By verbal description, I was of no help. He emailed a pic, with parts laid on top of USC letterhead. I identified the parts in question, 2 chambering reamers and gages to go with), and he thanked me. To the point, he did not know what a chambering reamer or the gages looked like. Unlikely an inspector would know the difference between a 6-40 and 6-48 'set screw'. But, your 'chance' to take. ITAR is nothing to fool with.


Remington 700 base screws are 6-40. Are the factory sight screw holes also 6-40 or are they 6-48? I'm assuming they would be the same. I no longer have an old factory barrel to try them with.
6-48


ok ty
Scope mount base holes are 6-48, also. There may be some 'specials' out there that use 8-40. I can no say that no one uses 6-40s, but I don't know who that might be. 6-48 has been the standard forever..........


06 May 2024, 02:00
slivers
I have been thinking about a Richards. I have a 700, SA, single shot, with a Bartlein "Sendero" contour barrel, chambered in 6mmXC that needs stocked. My regular guy doesn't have a SA single shot pattern. If he did, I'd have him do the pre-inlet and semi-shape the butt, and I'd finish the inlet and shape the forearm. Richards has that capability. I'll have to call and question 'um, as I have several blanks that would work well. See what their time frame is for customer supplied wood. My goal would be to finish to the old style "Varmint Master" shape, like my mid 70s vintage 22-250AI wears.


06 May 2024, 06:51
ANTELOPEDUNDEE
quote:
Originally posted by slivers:
quote:
Originally posted by ANTELOPEDUNDEE:
quote:
Originally posted by slivers:
quote:
Originally posted by ANTELOPEDUNDEE:
quote:
Originally posted by slivers:
quote:
Originally posted by ANTELOPEDUNDEE:
quote:
Originally posted by dpcd:
Screws from my local hardware store didn't come from a firearm and could plug any hole.
RJ, it was a joke.


They likely have 6/40 screws in Swedish hardware stores, but if you want the real thing then you want factory issued replacements. I suppose one could take their chances, but if something goes amiss why leave it up to a bureaucrat to determine if they are just plain screws or not?
Most plug screws, for firearms, are 6-48. Through customs, the left and right hands don't know the difference. Case in point, several years ago I got a call from a man claiming to be US Customs, Port of Chicago. He asked about some 'parts he had in front of him (not mine) that he could not identify. By verbal description, I was of no help. He emailed a pic, with parts laid on top of USC letterhead. I identified the parts in question, 2 chambering reamers and gages to go with), and he thanked me. To the point, he did not know what a chambering reamer or the gages looked like. Unlikely an inspector would know the difference between a 6-40 and 6-48 'set screw'. But, your 'chance' to take. ITAR is nothing to fool with.


Remington 700 base screws are 6-40. Are the factory sight screw holes also 6-40 or are they 6-48? I'm assuming they would be the same. I no longer have an old factory barrel to try them with.
6-48


ok ty
Scope mount base holes are 6-48, also. There may be some 'specials' out there that use 8-40. I can no say that no one uses 6-40s, but I don't know who that might be. 6-48 has been the standard forever..........


TY for that. Somehow I had the impression that if 8-40 was available then standard issue must be 6-40. All I ever did was just put the things in and not worry about anything else and it always worked.


Give me a home where the buffalo roam and I'll show you a house full of buffalo shit.
06 May 2024, 17:40
Uncle Grinch
Richards Microfit was the only source I could find for my 1904 Portuguese Vergueiro rifle. It took quite a wait but they came through with it. I still need to do some backyard work on it.




Shoot Safe,
Mike

NRA Endowment Member

06 May 2024, 19:49
dpcd
Nice job Mike.
How are Richards stocks and screws in the same thread?
I sent a complete screw kit from Brownells to Australia last fall, fully declared. They are SCREWS. NOT GUN Screws. They were never in a gun. They are for screwing.
If you tell the PO that they are gun screws, of course, they won't take them.
And 6-48 has been the scope base and sight standard since fill in the blank but it has been over a century.