Pedersoli Forend Cap Screw?

[Seth Isaacson]

Anyone know what size of screw the Pedersoli Kentucky pistols (.45 caliber in our case) uses to hold the forend cap and barrel? A friend and I have been having some fun with one someone put together fairly well from a kit, but the screw is absent and is part of what holds the barrel in place. I haven't located that particular screw anywhere online. I figure once I know the size I can just grab the proper size and length from the hardware store. I didn't seem to have anything that thread size at home among my loose screws.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

It'll be metric. If I had to do it, I'd just use an American tap to chase the threads in the metal, and make a new screw, rather than trying to find a unicorn.

[Bob Roller]

It'll be metric. If I had to do it, I'd just use an American tap to chase the threads in the metal, and make a new screw, rather than trying to find a unicorn.

Taylor is right.Retap it to whatever U.S.size is close.I have an assortment of metric taps and dies
but rarely use them.I think the unicorn is extinct but who knows

Bob Roller

[Seth Isaacson]

Thanks guys. I'm pretty sure I have a tap set around here somewhere. I'll probably go that route.