Need a grip nut

[notsofast]

I have a J frame grip that’s missing the threaded “nut”
Are they available and if so where?
Thanks

 

[Mblhopo]

I think you mean screw, I would try Brownells first or maybe the S&W parts store...……………………………...M*

 

[andy52]

He may be talking about the escutcheon.

 

[gfors]

Brownell’s sells escutcheons

 

[notsofast]

I need the threaded “escutcheon” if I have the correct term.

 

[rct269]

I need the threaded “escutcheon” if I have the correct term.

You have the correct term. As to why it has become necessary to have one simple little word ("nut") and another not so simple and not so little word which mean essentially the same thing is a matter to be determined by a carefully chosen and scholarly group at another time and another place----preferably behind closed doors.

As for me, the Boss Lady knows what I'm after when I ask how to spell the word that means that little round thing grip screws go in to, so I'm good to go.

Ralph Tremaine

 

[raljr1]

He had it right the first time...it's a nut, not that thing I can never pronounce.

Robert

 

[Narragansett]

He had it right the first time...it's a nut, not that thing I can never pronounce.

Robert

Oh man, this could take 50 responses maybe even more to figure out.

My vote is that while called an escutcheon it is not really one. It is a threaded female grip nut

 

[pharman]

buy an old set of grips

Buy an old set of grips at a gun show and take out what you need...should be able to get a crummy set of grips pretty cheap I would think...cheaper than buying one new...

 

[gwpercle]

Whatever you call it you will not find them at the local Ace Hardware , Home Depot, Lowes , Tractor Supply or the Commerical Fastener company I went to ..... I wasted several hours one weekend looking , even the commerical fastener guy , who said we have every type fastener known to man , didn't have one ... just order one from Brownell's or a grip maker.
Where they get them I have no clue .
Gary

 

[murphydog]

We. Need. Photos.

 

[andy52]

If you live in a 110 year old house like I do you will learn what escutcheons are when you start working on the original doors.

 

[Jack Flash]

Wow! I just found out that not only do I have trouble spelling it, I was pronouncing it incorrectly! I vote for nut!

 

[dcopper]

Try Gun Garage!

 

[RMFnLA]

Does this mean we are all Gun Escutcheons..?

 

[ken158]

We. Need. Photos.

Yeah, a photo of something you don’t have... ?

 

[murphydog]

Yeah, a photo of something you don’t have... ?

Yes, but only if you are missing them on both panels, and have no other stocks with the part you need for illustration.

 

[kscharlie]

Yes, but only if you are missing them on both panels, and have no other stocks with the part you need for illustration.

A picture of one would not be an accurate portrayal of the other. The "nut" is threaded for the grip screw. The "escutcheon" is not threaded, so the threaded screw can slip through it. So if the escutcheon was still in the left side panel, and he took a picture of it, that would not be what he is looking for, as there will be no threads in the escutcheon. Thence, if someone happened to send him one of what the picture shows, upon installation in the right grip panel, the screw threads would have nothing to purchase, and would not hold the panels securely to the grip frame.

Or, as noted, a pic from another set of stocks.

Whew!!

 

[mtgianni]

In plumbing an escutcheon is the chrome piece that fits over tubing or pipe and hides the entrance through the wall or ceiling. I know, too much info.