recommend me a good screwdriver set for gunsmithing

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I bought a old set of screwdrivers from a retired gunsmith about 20 years ago that were well used when I got them. Now after having re-ground some of the tips numerous times I've decided its time to buy a replacement set.
I've looked at the Brownells sets and the Wheeler sets . I read mixed reviews about both....
So does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations?
 
I bought a weaver deluxe kit from shooters choice a few years ago during a big sale. I like it because it organized everything into one plastic case that was easy to store. There are nicer tools, but that kit is good enough for me.
 
I can't resist... Those have to be the best screwdrivers for anything! ;)


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Seriously, the Wheeler's set seems to have anything you might need?

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I still have and use several screwdrivers I bought from Sears 45 years ago and ground to fit as required. I also have Brownell's and some Chapman but it is the cheap old Sears screw drivers that get used the most when it comes to slotted heads...
 
Just took my life in my hands and looked in the hubbies work shop while he's out bsing at the local coffee counter.
There are dozens of screw drivers on his shadow boards and literally hundreds of different sized and shaped bits to fit in them of goodness knows how many brand names.
Scary.
I know he gets really angry when he buys a second hand gun and the screws are all stripped and buggered by "ham handed idiots" (his description).
I know he got a lot of his tools from Brownells and a single friend who died left him a shop full of tools including an old lathe that he restored to working order.
He says the light brown wooden handled hollow ground drivers (I think they're Wheelers) that Brownells sells are pretty decent for the money.
 
We're not talking professional gunsmith tools just the tools a gun owner would buy for yearly stripping, cleaning, lubing and tune up of his personal guns.
My hubby just shouted from the kitchen that he's never broken a driver or tip because he uses them for what they are designed for respective of their limitations.
If you're using the driver as a bar or fulcrum or clamping down on the driver shaft with a bit set of vice grips and armstronging it you're bound to have problems.
 
Shawn_338 said:
Wheeler ones are junk, I find them way to soft. I bought a set off the Mac truck guy and they are the best I've had yet.
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You get to choose between bending slowly, and at least giving you a warning that bad things are about to happen, or snapping and skipping a sharp, hard edge across the gun surface.

It pretty much does not matter what set you buy, as the first thing you will find, like as not, is that he job has three different size screws that don't fit any of the tips you have, and it's back to having to grind something to fit.

Cheers
Trev
 
I picked up a cheap set from x-reload and the bits are kind of fragile/brittle but it does the job : x-reload.com/screwdriver-kit-76pc-gunsmith-model/
 
I have a set of bits from <cough> Princess Auto and surprisingly, there are various blade thickness and sizes of the slotted head. They were hollow ground as well and served me well. That was until I snapped a tip. I ended up picking up a Wheeler 48bit set from Amazon. Looks pretty good. I'll see how they hold up.
 
Sonic Screwdriver above all for the Doctor fans.

Happy with fat boy and Wheeler bit set. As for the too soft comment we are talking about bits for firearms. How hard do you need the bits to be? Certainly not good for rusty/frozen auto bolts.
 
I have a Weaver set. Added a set of picks and brass punches, along with a couple of toothbrushes.. They fit right in the case.

I don't pretend to be a gunsmith, so this set works good for me.
 
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