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I got carried away while reshaping a forend and filed down the escutcheon nut so that it is now too thin for the screw to securely fasten. Can anyone tell me where to buy a replacement nut or the machine screw and nut? I don't know the thread size, but the nut is approx. 3/8" diameter, and is on an Italian double, so assume it is metric.
Thanks in advance.
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I'd looked at Numrich before and some look like they might work, but would need trial and error I think. The shotgun is flli Gamba made about 1960.
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Last edited by skeettx; 11/17/18 06:32 PM.
USAF RET 1971-95 ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](http://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/57865_80x60.jpg)
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Thanks. I've emailed Renato Gamba before and received no response. This is flli Gamba, not Renato Gamba which was, I believe, started by some of the relatives. They don't support the flli Gamba parts to my understanding.
I'm thinking I might fill the hole with black epoxy with the screw in place with plenty of release agent. Any thoughts on this?
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I'm thinking I might fill the hole with black epoxy with the screw in place with plenty of release agent. Any thoughts on this? Did you strip the threads in the nut? If so, above might work, but I think there are better solutions. Do you own a dial caliper? If not, consider buying one (unless this project is a one-off). Are you familiar with thread standard sizes? Screw head types? Nut shapes? Lowe's et. al. have metric hex nuts, but I would not bet heavily on finding one to fit your screw. Above said, I'll do ll I can to help you with this. DDA
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No, I thought the nut was thicker than it was and filed it down to where it is more like a thin washer. The machine screw is a filister head and the nut is a thumb nut. If I find a nut, I think I can drill the hole deeper and retain enough threads on the nut for the screw to take purchase. Or I think I might be able to find a new matching screw and thumb nut and just drill the hole for the nut a littler deeper.
My alternative thought was to use the epoxy to fill the hole and use the epoxy as the nut, by replacing the machine screw with a filister head wood screw.
Any ideas you have would be appreciated - either private message or in the forum.
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Pictures of the escutcheon would help lot, cpa.
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This is similar to the nut before I mutilated it -round knurled. 
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I would think you could make one, but it would require determining the thread pitch and buying a tap that size. No big cost there. You can get them very reasonably here, and they are the fastest company to receive an order from that I've ever done business with. They have so much stuff in stock, you might even look through their nuts and find something with the right threads that you could file to shape. https://www.mscdirect.com While you're there, get one of these. Every hobbyist should have a set. It checks male and female threads in American and metric. https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/74011073 SRH
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