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I would look at SAE threads first. Sometimes when I have a british screw to make and the BA die will not work I can find a ASE thread that is close enough to work. The action body is hard so a slightly over sized soft piece to steel can often be made to conform. Kind of like a push up die works. Neat trick taught to me by a most excellent smith. Once you harden the new nipple threads should plenty strong. I actually just had to do one on a metric thread and used an SAE die to get the new screw started.