Other IZH-46 Grip Screws

[mjb206]

Howdy all

I finally got around to carving the grip on my Izzy to where I think it's pretty well dialed in. I'm wondering if anyone knows the size of the grip screws? I'd like to replace the stock ones with hex stainless.

thanks!

 

[jkingrph]

Take one of the orginals to a good hardware store. Our local store has a couple of guides on in metric and you can try it in a nut section to find out the thread size.

 

[mjb206]

Take one of the orginals to a good hardware store. Our local store has a couple of guides on in metric and you can try it in a nut section to find out the thread size.

Yeah - that was my plan - I was just thinking someone here already sorted it out.

 

[marflow 777]

so long ago i was going to change my grip screws for my 46M but didn't and the reason was you are not going to find any that will fit without a lot of reworking
they are m4 x .70 with 15 to 16mm of threads but it is the head at about 5.9mm and head thickness of about 1.5mm
and that is because of the cups in the grips
so you can rework the screws or take out the cup or just leave it alone and that was my choice why waste my time
i did change the shelf screws to hex button heads but i had them on hand

 

[mjb206]

so long ago i was going to change my grip screws for my 46M but didn't and the reason was you are not going to find any that will fit without a lot of reworking
they are m4 x .70 with 15 to 16mm of threads but it is the head at about 5.9mm and head thickness of about 1.5mm
and that is because of the cups in the grips
so you can rework the screws or take out the cup or just leave it alone and that was my choice why waste my time
i did change the shelf screws to hex button heads but i had them on hand

Thanks - when you say cups, are you referring to the bushings inside the grips? The ones that act more or less as washers beneath the head of the screws?

 

[Frank in Fairfield]

I replaced the Russian screws with American made Phillips screws at Ace Hardware:

 

[Frank in Fairfield]

I took the original screws with me to ACE Hardware.
The screws I bought matched perfectly without modification.

 

[marflow 777]

cups or bushings
now Frank has an ACE and he got lucky, you want to go to hex not Phillips and if the screw was made here in the states or Timbuktu they are still M4 -
.70 threaded screws
you could go countersunk and use the cups to screw against add 3mm to the screw length

 

[mjb206]

cups or bushings
now Frank has an ACE and he got lucky, you want to go to hex not Phillips and if the screw was made here in the states or Timbuktu they are still M4 -
.70 threaded screws
you could go countersunk and use the cups to screw against add 3mm to the screw length

Thanks. I left the bushings in the grips and simply found 4mm socket head stainless bolts of the same length. Fit perfectly. (We have a hardware store similar to Ace near us that carries just about every fastener you can think of)