Ugh! nasty!,snarl !spit!!!!

[Runamok]

I just was looking at my Armada/MMULE mag, thinking of possible anno , and my bolt in the Sub-zero feedneck has some rust starting. Yuck!! I hate the humidity in Fla. Can someone advise me of what size these are so I can hunt down some Stainless Steel? Rouge? Help, I can't have cancer starting on this beauty. Looks kinda 1/4 x 20ish. ooooogh yuck it's starting on my grip screws too, Ahhhg, run screaming into the woods! Luke? 6-32ish? on the grip screws?

[Runamok]

Just back from Ace Hardware, Sub-zero is a 1/4 x20 x3/4 in. $1.49 Lukes grip screws are 6-32 x 1/4 $.29. no more rust

[going_home]

Ace is the place for all your Automag fastener needs.

[Cyco-Dude]

Ace is the place for all your Automag fastener needs.

quoted for truth! between the two ace hardwares between where i live, i can get any kind of stainless hardware i need.

[Spider-TW]

Just back from Ace Hardware, Sub-zero is a 1/4 x20 x3/4 in.

Really? That's rather large. I'm surprised.

[pjdubs]

That's what she said

[OPBN]

My local hardware stores suck. I buy in bulk from bolt depot. They have pretty much everything. Only one I couldn't find was the AM foregrip screw.

[blackdeath1k]

Bolt depot is great. I've been buying specialty motorcycle bolts from there for years.

[GoatBoy]

Yeah I haven't really been that happy with local hardware store selection.

After the Hawaiian mag debacle, I went off and got some nice stainless steel hex screws. Fortunately there is a specialty shop local to me that carries that stuff.

[Runamok]

My local hardware stores suck. I buy in bulk from bolt depot. They have pretty much everything. Only one I couldn't find was the AM foregrip screw.

I got some from Fastenal. They called it a ferry style head, but I was told by another distributor that they're a low profile hex. Still haven't found any in SS.

[going_home]

Yeah I haven't really been that happy with local hardware store selection.

After the Hawaiian mag debacle, I went off and got some nice stainless steel hex screws. Fortunately there is a specialty shop local to me that carries that stuff.

Talk about that .

[cougar20th]

I typically use www.mcmaster.com for fasteners.
So what if I end up with a hundred spares.

[blackdeath1k]

I typically use www.mcmaster.com for fasteners.
So what if I end up with a hundred spares.

They work to. And they are generally more than willing to get 1 off custom stuff done. I've special ordered fuel rated cable gromets before special order.

[Runamok]

http://www.mcmaster.com/library/20140331/90666a016l.gif

Well look what I found

[GoatBoy]

Talk about that .

Rust! Rust as far as the eye can see! Button head screws rusted so badly that hex socket was gone! Screws rusted internally so badly that it actually broke the tools I used to try to budge them after cutting a slot in them! Even after grinding the caps off, it still took a vise grip and a mallet to remove the rest of the front frame screw! Some sort of sealant was used in between the body and rail, and there were flecks of red Loc-tite found!

OTOH the mag valve itself was in pretty good shape.

http://www.mcmaster.com/library/20140331/90666a016l.gif
Well look what I found

Oh Hell yes.

So uh, I'd be in for a handful.

I wonder if anyone has ever considered just putting together a "stainless fastener mag upgrade kit"? Just something with, what, 2-3 sets of all the correct screws in stainless. I know I could have made a few of those kits disappear myself while helping other people with their mags.

(Why didn't AGD use them in the first place?)