I need a new set of screwdrivers, the Midway set I have is not good! I'd rather not learn the hard way again that a screwdriver is no good. What are you guys using that is good? Thanks!

Brownells fixed handled screw drivers are the ones I always seem to reach for and use first.

I also have the complete master set of Magna-Tips but I seldom use them except for the Torx and extra thin bits. They're just not as quick and handy as the fixed handled ones, IMO.

As long as you get ones with hollow ground tips any type should work fine. The Grace screwdrivers sold by allot of places are not hollow ground.

i'm still using the old bonnanza screwdrivers, but I think forester is still making them. not cheap but the best i've found

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Originally posted by butchloc:
i'm still using the old bonnanza screwdrivers, but I think forester is still making them. not cheap but the best i've found

Agreed 100%. They are by far the best fit into conventional slotted gun screws that I have ever found "off-the-shelf". That makes removing toughly stuck screws a lot easier. Plus, they are the only ones I have ever found that have a comprehensive list of which screws on which guns, they are each intended to fit, and they are numbered accordingly.

I bought a set of Grace "gunsmith" screwdrivers when I first opened my shop at the end of the 50's. They were a complete waste of money in my opinion. They fit nothing well, and were too soft. I still have them in the shop, but wouldn't touch a gun with them.

YMMV

My daughter gave me a Midway Professional Screwdriver Set for Christmas. I haven't opened it yet as I have several other sets in use. What type of problems do they have? I'd prefer not to send them back since they were a gift, but...

I'll have to look at mine, I'm not sure if it's called a professional set, but mine have never fit screws like they should, and they are too soft. I've just about bent-tweaked every bit in the box. OK not every bit just the ones I use a fair amount and I only use them on guns.

I got so disappointed with the so called gunsmith screwdrivers that I made my own. S7 tool steel hardened, double tempered at 300 degrees. I grind them air tight on a surface grinder. Front sideplate screws on a Piotti, .014" by .270", two hand tight, out they came.

Dave

nopride2, they managed to get my money for nothing on a set of Forsters.I tried to untighten a stuck guard screw and the tip bent like nothing.I wonder if Snap-On makes screw drivers with gun screw sizes.

My picks:

1) the Chapman #9600 SCREWDRIVER KIT, good tips, good driver...BEST BUY
2) Forster set, nice to have separates, tips not tough
3) Vermont American, good driver, incomplete tip set
4) The B-Square set, good tips, bad driver, bad case
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X) Also, I buy screwdrivers at garage sales and re grind them to gunsmith shapes.



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+1 Brownells fixed handle screw drivers.

I just bought the Wheeler 79 piece bit set and promptly broke the first bit I used. It was a hex bit and I was trying to remove the rear sight on a Browning Buckmark. After pulling out the broken piece of bit from the screw I reached for a Craftsman allen wrench and promptly broke off the head of the screw. It seems that the medium grade red lock-tite was much stronger than advertised.

So now its off to my dad's shop where I set the barrel up in his mill to extract the rest of the broken screw. I tried to measure the depth of the hole to make sure I didn't bore too far and ended up piercing in to the chamber with a scribe point. The chamber wall was less than .020" thick at the bottom of the hole. So along with the new screws I got a new barrel and rebuilt the gun. Installed the new scope mount which was the original reason for taking the sight off and everything is fine.

The problems with my Buckmark aside, the Wheeler set is merely adequate and cumbersome to use but will get the job done if you take proper care.