Help...

[agdemagman69]

I stripped the threading on my grip-frame today, how do i send it in, and how much will it cost. will i need to buy a new grip frame?

[SlipknotX556]

What kind of grip frame?

[agdemagman69]

the stock emag grip frame

[vf-xx]

what part did you strip out? the bottomline screws? Either way all the info for warentee work is on www.airgun.com

[agdemagman69]

yeah, the bottom line screws

[agdemagman69]

so do i need to get a new grip frame? or can agd retap it? (can i bring it to the store in wheeling to get it done?)

[personman]

is the gripframe itself threaded, or just the nuts? If its the nuts you can just go to home depot with them and match them or, or you could take the bottom line screws you use and match those up.
if its the gripframe, your'e screwed :)

[agdemagman69]

its the frame

[Hasty8]

For the stock Emag it is the frame the is threaded. There are no nuts in there. To solve this you have two choices. Either send it in to AGD or retap it yourself if you have the experience. Realize that unless you clean and refill the original holes you will have to retap it to a slightly larger size then OEM. Go to your local hardware store and ask them for help.

If you have any other questions email me since I am rarely on the boards.

[Mossman]

You can also probably call around your local shops and/or machine shops, and try and get a helicoil put in. Its like an insert that is threads, they drill a bigger hole, secure the insert,and you're good to go with the same size (10-24 I believe), threads.

My angel is getting helicoiled at boston paintball. I'll let ya know how it goes ;)

[cphilip]

I believe its 10-32...

Tech in tech please

...and also please title your threads appropriate for the subject of them... In this case I suggest something like "Help with stripped emag grip screws"

[agdemagman69]

Thx, i found out that the shocktech screws are short, so only the top of the thread was stripped, i got a longer screw and now its secure, but Im going to send it to agd soon

[micromag02]

re-tapping the holes yourself would not be hard, you will have to drill out the treads though. I bought my Micromag for $125 because the power feed and ball detent holes were stripped, i drilled and re-taped them myself and bought new screws from the hardware store. The process took about 2 hours and cost about $2. I have had no problems with it in the past 10 months.