Have a pair of sweet wood grips for my Anaconda but the brass bushing on the threaded side is stripped and the bolt is as well. It appears to have been cross threaded at some point. The result is the grips go together but are loose. I really like the grips. Is this something a gunsmith would do? Replace the busing and bolt etc.
Anaconda wood grip fix?
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Probably something you could do yourself.
Check out these guys gungrip.com/gun-grip-screws-2.aspx I got screws and bushing for a set of repo Webley grips from them.
Bushings were a little finicky to install due to the repo grips having never had bushings initially.
Replacing bushings is less grief than installing them from scratch.
A smith may very well just re-tap the in situ bushings for a different screw?
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If you buy the new bushings be VERY careful in pushing out the old ones. In some cases the wood can swell in around the edge and when you push out the old bushing it can push out a hunk of the wood. With that in mind I'd say don't just push hard on it. Instead put something in against the bushing you can use to tap on with a hammer and use light increasing power love taps to work it out very slowly in small increments until you're sure it's coming out without a hunk of wood as well.
If you're a self proclaimed mechanical klutz you should likely just take the grips to a gunsmith or find a local handy person that can do this job for beer. It's not really a "gunsmith" job since it's just a fiddly bit of general work but it does take a sense of judgement based on some longer experience with similar small wood pieces. So the local house framer would not be my first choice. But if you know someone that does any fine cabinet work or fine hobby wood working or any finer mechanical work they would likely be great.
If you're a self proclaimed mechanical klutz you should likely just take the grips to a gunsmith or find a local handy person that can do this job for beer. It's not really a "gunsmith" job since it's just a fiddly bit of general work but it does take a sense of judgement based on some longer experience with similar small wood pieces. So the local house framer would not be my first choice. But if you know someone that does any fine cabinet work or fine hobby wood working or any finer mechanical work they would likely be great.
Speaking of klutzes... I just came back and as I'm opening the thread and thinking about it i realized that it's quite likely we're talking about the molded composition grips and not about wood. The same warnings about how you or anyone proceeds apply in spades to the molded grips. But in this case you want a softwood anvil with a hole in it to accept the bushing you're knocking out so the force on the grip scale is directly around the recess and does not in any way try to bend the grip scales......
.... all of which is making me think you're wiser to take them in to a gun smith so if anything happens you are covered.
.... all of which is making me think you're wiser to take them in to a gun smith so if anything happens you are covered.
I think if you try to push/punch the stripped bushing, there is very high risk of cracking the grip. If that was the only solution I would drill most of the bushing out and then try to remove the remaining pieces. You would also need a direct replacement bushing.
A better solution: I would tap the bushing for a screw that is one size larger. Be careful with the tap because some types of brass is very sticky. The risk of breaking the tap is high with no lube. Go slow.
You may have to countersink the other grip half for the new screw.
A better solution: I would tap the bushing for a screw that is one size larger. Be careful with the tap because some types of brass is very sticky. The risk of breaking the tap is high with no lube. Go slow.
You may have to countersink the other grip half for the new screw.
