WOW $8 for a screw.

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If the only problem is the shape of the screw head, why not just reshape it? Easily done with a file and a drill. Then you recut the slot if necessary with a hacksaw blade ground to cut a narrow slot.

Jim
 
Are they S&W grips or not??
You never dis say for certain!

If not, and they are after-market grips?

A S&W grip screw is not going to fit.

rc
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Yes, they are S&W factory grips, but not original to the gun since they have a serial number stamped inside the right grip that is a different SN than the gun.
 
Makes sense that they'd be $8... imagine they only sell a few of those each year.

If they were 1911 grip screws, the price would go down as they're probably selling a few each day.

All about inventory carrying costs... in order for it to be profitable (or even financially viable) to carry such low demand parts, they need a high markup.

Supply and demand! There aren't that many available, so they will fetch a higher price!
 
You could always go to a local machine shop and see what they would quote you for a single odd ball screw like that.

$8 will seem like a bargain after that trip.
 
I agree, I don't know a gunsmith that would custom make one and blue it for that. Do you know what a car would cost if you bought it part by part and assembled it yourself for free------ probably close to what the current president has raised the national debt. Haha, but really not laughing.
 
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If you tinker with guns, you may want to...gulp...bite the bullet and buy a screw kit of various sizes and quantities. Of course, it's more expensive but in the long run you have a supply of whatever you might need for future projects.
 
It is because it is a specialty screw with a very limited market demand - not mass produced and sold in hardware stores. If you really think $8 is out of line - think amount trying to make one yourself.
 
I would pay $8 for the screw that I need for my TA 76 Armi Tanfoglio .22 pistol trigger guard.They don't seem to be available any where . Just saying, if I could find one.
CC
 
, lysanderxiii
You have never worked on aircraft...
You should see the prices of some of those screws....
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I designed some of the electronic boxes that went on the Boeing 767 in 1982.
I saw some high costs.
I was on a ranch in 1984 and the rancher said that you could work yourself to death and never make a dime ranching.
In the 80s I worked for various companies bidding engineering jobs.
By 2000 I had my own company and bid engineering jobs firm fixed price with a statement of work.

When I see the prices for parts in Brownells, they look so cheap to me, all I can think is there are no ISO9000 requirements and there are some poor guys that have Bridgeports in their garages that sell to Brownells. And Brownells does not even inspect to a drawing.
 
I wouldn't power up my lathe for less than $20 for anything. I was happy to pay Numrich about $8 for a couple of screws for my Arisaka last week. For one I'm just too lazy to put the metric gear on to cut the threads.
 
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It only takes a few minutes to make a screw.

But it takes me two hours to change out the tread cutting gears on my little hobby lathe.

I'd pay $25 for a factory screw if I had too in the OP's case.

If I made one, it wouldn't be plated and rust-proof like the factory screw anyway.

rc
 
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