Rail question

[PBCapo]

I just bought another mag, used this time, its an original 68 automag, and the rail doesnt have a hole fore a VA or foregrip, but i took off the rail, and inside there is an indentation where the screw should be, and on the outside where the hole should be it looks a little different than the rest fo the rail, do i screw the hole witha screw driver? or tap it with threads? or is there not suppposed to be a hole?

[Crighton]

Set rail on carpet. Insert screw into rail. Bang screw with screw driver or hammer to knock it through the thin section of the rail.

[PBCapo]

could i just use a screw driver and drill a pilot hole, that seems a little more organized i guess, haha

[PBCapo]

not a screwdriver, i mean a power drill

[Crighton]

What ever floats your boat. I like banging stuff with a hammer. If you want to use a drill you can do it that way to.

[cphilip]

I used a drill bit and drill myself. I would not use the foregrips screw as you might bugger up the threads. You could use a "sacraficial" bolt of some kind. But those little flat head forgrip screws are kinda hard to come by and so you don't wanna mess yours up using it as a punch. If I remember correctly it took a 1/4 inch drill bit nicely.

[Muzikman]

Yes, you just have to drill the rail out for the vert adapter. It's pretty thin metal so it doesn't take a lot.

[Crighton]

Originally posted by cphilip
But those little flat head forgrip screws are kinda hard to come by

Your local skate shop should have a screw that you can swap for the forgrip screw. Thats where I picked my spares up from. Apparently they are used in skateboard trucks.

No I didnt mangle it using it as a punch I dropped it in a crack in my deck while cleaning my gun.

[PBCapo]

good call cphil, 1/4 inch did the trick

[exedotbat]

I went the ol screw driver and hammer myself lol