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  • quasimorte
    WWMWD
    • Mar 2006
    • 173

    #1

    sheered a screw

    how could i have sheered the field strip screw on my gun? I doubt i over tightened it, but it might be a possibility. but what else would have done it?
  • Maverick27502
    Registered User
    • Mar 2005
    • 16

    #2
    age or stress...the more you loosen and retighten it the more you wear it and stress the metal. That and the older it is sometimes metal tends to deterioate in strength as they age. Take for example a really old car. The nuts and bolts may look new, but when you take a wrench to it, they sheer off. It's all about what types of elements (water, acid, chemicals) the metal was exposed to, the age and the stress placed on it.

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    • geekwarrior
      MIA
      • Oct 2005
      • 2581

      #3
      Originally posted by Maverick27502
      age or stress...the more you loosen and retighten it the more you wear it and stress the metal. That and the older it is sometimes metal tends to deterioate in strength as they age. Take for example a really old car. The nuts and bolts may look new, but when you take a wrench to it, they sheer off. It's all about what types of elements (water, acid, chemicals) the metal was exposed to, the age and the stress placed on it.

      3 more posts and you hit....10

      lol....at least your posts are useful though

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