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RE: no need

pc123v,

Suspect that you are over-thinking the whole subject. Did warships in early years have the precise range or did they bracket by sending shells too far and too close in order to find the target's range?

Just buy some packs of a few #8 brass woods screws in several lengths from half-an-inch up to the length of the ferrous originals which in my case 1.25". Try one from each length size and discover which fits tight and unscrews afterwards. If you're lucky as I was, there will be one. In my case it was the brass #8 1.25" length equivalent to my ferrous original.

You may have a general preference for Torx, Phillips or slotted but it hardly matters in my experience which type of head is supplied in the context of ensuring that you get brass because they all work.

Don't be intimidated, just act with cautious confidence and replace a screw at a time and see what works. That's all anybody does. Mistakes and failure provide the information for success. Good luck!

DG



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