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1885 winchester
Sep 5th, 2010 at 6:07am
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What is the thread size for the 1885 winchester (lo-wall) fore end screw?  Thanks for your answer  Hank45
  
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Re: 1885 winchester
Reply #1 - Sep 5th, 2010 at 9:05am
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The Forend screw is a Winchester anomaly. From Cambells book he shows it to be  .185 diameter with a 35.5 pitch. Now I suspect he is right as I over the years have made them at .185, .1875, and .190 and cut them at 36 pitch. No matter what I had to make them a somewhat loose thread fit in order to get them to screw into the escutchen. If you had access to a CNC lathe you could cut them at exactly 35.5. I have looked over every Lathe I have been able to access and never found one with  gearing that would cut 35.5 pitch. 
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Re: 1885 winchester
Reply #2 - Sep 5th, 2010 at 11:39am
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Wisner's has the forearm screw for the early model 70 that is the right size thread. It might be a bit long for the 85. I have used the model 70 forearm stud for the 85 many time as well as on other rifles. The only difference I could see is the depth of the dovetail, the model 70 is about .070" and the 85 is closer to .100", both are 1/2" dovetail.
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Reply #3 - Sep 5th, 2010 at 3:44pm
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Kripes John why did I not think of that? Been screwing around with these for years and never thought about the M70 stuff. Thanks for the heads up. Regards, FITZ. Smiley
  
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Re: 1885 winchester
Reply #4 - Sep 5th, 2010 at 4:31pm
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John,Thanks for info on M70 screws etc and use w/1885---Fritz
  
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