Picatinny Rail Screws go bye bye

[Water Monkey]

Went shooting today and at the end of the session I realized the pica tinny rail was a bit wobbly. Well 2 screws must have dislodged during the 200+ rounds I shot today. Mossberg offices are closed during the weekend. Is there a vendor I can get the rail screws from or is that just Mossberg?

Called my local gun shop and they don't carry those screws.

 

[Water Monkey]

21 views and no love huh?

Anyway looks like my ghost ring sights were the reason the back 2 screws stayed put. Looks like there are 4 screws in total whereby the first 2 screws must be shorter in order to lock in to where the barrel locks into the receiver.

I'll call mossberg tomorrow.

I tightened the back screws and it seems the picatinny rail is now snug against the weapon for now.

If anybody knows any other place I can get the screws feel free to shout it out.

 

[DHonovich]

www.havlinsales.com would be the only other source that I could think of. Keep us updated.

 

[bsipes30]

I have a few small allen screws that came with a mossberg rail I bought and installed on my gsg-5. I can take a picture and post a picture of them in the morning and mail them to you if they are the correct screws. Send me a pm with you address if you want them.

 

[bsipes30]

As promised... Here is a picture of the screws and the packaging that they came in. I bought this off of amazon.

 

[MikeD]

I've had good luck finding obscure screws from fastenall.com. Even some that the local gunsmith couldn't find.

Most that I've looked for were only a few cents each so It was easy to pick a range for the ones I didn't know the exact size and thread count for.

 

[Water Monkey]

I have a few small allen screws that came with a mossberg rail I bought and installed on my gsg-5. I can take a picture and post a picture of them in the morning and mail them to you if they are the correct screws. Send me a pm with you address if you want them.

You're awesome man!!! I will respectfully decline as I just got off the phone with mossberg and they will send me a new set of screws for free. Also couldn't help myself and ordered the turkey barrel since I had them on the phone.

Thanks again!

 

[bsipes30]

Sounds good man! glad you got all that worked out.

 

[DHonovich]

I am glad to hear it all worked out for you; its great to see members so willing to help others out too!

 

[Smitty in CT]

Make sure when you put the new screws in, add a drop of loc-tite to the threads...

Also, just tighten the screws "just snug" then let the Loc-Tite do it's job... There isn't a lot of "meat" for the threads to grip and it's real easy to strip them out...

Smitty

 

[xdhusker]

I was just getting ready to post about the exact same issue. I will call Mossberg Monday morning.