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Who makes small T-8 & T-10 torx bit that will last? Ones are not made out of crap. Free men should not be subjected to permits, paperwork and taxation in order to carry any firearm. NRA Benefactor | ||
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I get mine at the local hardware store. Jim Kobe 10841 Oxborough Ave So Bloomington MN 55437 952.884.6031 Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild | |||
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Look for Bondhus brand. They are typically sold in industrial type stores but you may be able to find them in a good hardware store also. I am sure they are also sold by MSC.  Have gun- Will travel The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark | |||
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McMaster Carr Sells Bondus brand. They don't mention anything by name in the catalog but if you call they can tell you. www.KLStottlemyer.com Deport the Homeless and Give the Illegals citizenship. AT LEAST THE ILLEGALS WILL WORK | |||
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The problem with "Torx bits" is that most folks don't know their own strength. The recommended maximum torque for a T-8 is 2.2 to 2.6 Nm (1 Nm = 0.737 lb/ft). A T-10 is 3.7 to 4.5 Nm. That's about 2 lb/ft for a T-8 and 3.3 lb/ft for a T-10. The average guy can almost always exceed this with a screwdriver handle. Result is that you twist the driver tip off regardless of the quality of the bit. Go easy, be gentle. My suggestion. Eric "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." Benjamin Franklin, July 4 1776 Lost once in the shuffle, member since 2000. | |||
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Snap On brand lasts the longest. DO NOT buy the ones they have that are one piece with a handle. Buy the ones that go into the magnetic handle. Plus they will replace them free when they break. | |||
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go over to the sears on spencer/redbluff ,, opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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Dear 30378: The Brownells torx bits that I have, have all been used extensively with no failures. My experience only includes sizes down to and including T-10. I don't have a T-8, so I cannot comment on that size. Nevertheless, I also have some very tiny Brownells Allen head bits (H5221X)that have withstood the test of time. Actually, I am completely satisfied with just about everything that I have received from Brownells. Sincerely, Chris Bemis | |||
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I appreciate the responses. Trying to tighten the T-10 torx screws on the Ruger rings on my 416 Ruger Alaskan. I cannot understand why they use such chicken neck screws on such heavy rings. You are right about knowing my own strength. I break stuff all the time but the small torx wrenches I have are are simply junk. Free men should not be subjected to permits, paperwork and taxation in order to carry any firearm. NRA Benefactor | |||
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Because I have found Torx screws easy to break or deform, I just use the junk magnetic tips I buy by the dozen from Harbor Freight. I'd rather the tips fail before the screws do. I don't then have to drill the screws out to remove them. They are dirt cheap and I chuck each one into the garbage after using it a few times. What I might suggest for consideration, is switching to screws that use a square-drive. I don't know what the official name is for that kind of drive & screw, but I have come to very much prefer the square-tipped drivers and the screws they are made for. I have found them less likely to "strip" or deform than any other drivers I have used. My country gal's just a moonshiner's daughter, but I love her still. | |||
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I believe the square driver is called a roberts? robertson? robinson? I think they originated in Canada Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Thank you, Mike. You are correct. Using that advice I just looked them up on Google. They are Robertson-Drive screws. I forgot to mention one of the great advantages for work with the screws using the square driver. When the driver tip is inserted into the screw, you can use just the driver to put the screw where you need it, without having to guide it with your other hand, and without requiring a magnetic driver or a steel screw. I was amazed at first just how much easier that often made things go. | |||
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