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For an LC Smith. Its the back one. Former owner really bugger it up. Does anyone have some extras or be willing to make one?

Bill, By rear do you mean the one under the trigger guard going to the top tang near the safety, or the short one with the big head at the front of the trigger plate?. If is is the front one Gunparts (Numrich) has it.

L.C. SMITH
NEW MODEL HAMMERLESS
Item No. 519780
Trigger Plate Screw, Front
Retail Price: $1.70

If it is the one under the trigger guard, they don't list it, but it is very close in length to the lock plate connector screw.

L.C. SMITH
NEW MODEL HAMMERLESS
Item No. 521480
Lock Plate Connector Screw
Retail Price: $3.55

JDW,

Its the one under the trigger guard. Its the same threading as the lock plate screw but the lock plate screw is shorter. On this gun anyway.

Bill, the lock plate connector screw is a few threads shorter on most. Sometimes on the new screw you have to file the end of the threads to make it fit right and also might have to file the head to make it fit into the countersunk hole in the lockplate.

hmm....true....well I will give numrichs a try and see what happens.

I've made one from a 10-32 AN aircraft bolt by machining the head and slotting it.

Bill, I bought ones from Gunparts (Numrich) and the length was 1.408, head thickness was .090. The only thing I don't like is that the whole thing is threaded.
The measurements I have taken for the lock plate connecting screw is 8-32 thrds, OAL. 1.375, head dia. .222, thickness of head.060. and slot .031. In the trigger plate to tang the only difference was in the thickness of the head .070. That is what I measured on a 1928 Specialty Grade 12 ga.
I replaced a stock of a 16 ga. Field Grade I had gotten with a Hunter One-Trigger and ejectors, newer stock was from an Ideal grade 16 ga. After fitting for the Hunter trigger and putting sideplates on the original connecting screw was short by 3 threads or so. Luckily I had another that was longer, trigger plate to safety, just had to file the head down to be even with the sideplate.
I know the Gunparts one will work, but I would rather have an original style than an all threaded one.

Well if I had a lathe I could just make one. But I dont so I guess I will have to live with an all threaded screw. Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.

Brownells used to sell the complete set. They were from an outfit in Pensacola, Florida called Great Gun Works. The number I have is 850/434/5556. I checked out their listed web site and it was a different company. Hopefully they are still in buisiness. I bought a set some years ago and they were nice.