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Eighteenninetytwo
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Smithing screwdrivers

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Any recommendation here? I need to remove tang screws on a marlin 1881 made in 1886, and I don't have a small enough screwdriver so I'm goin to buy a set to avoid buggering the screw heads. What do folks recommend as the best available which go down to these teeny tiny sizes
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I have a couple Chapman sets I like a lot, but my favorite is my Brownells set. It has more bits, plus longer shanks on the bits. I have the 84 piece hollow ground set shown here:

https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tool ... 41571.aspx
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Re: Smithing screwdrivers

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A good starter set is grace wooden handled screwdriver .I have them the my wife bought me a wheeler gunsmith set they goe for near $100:the grace set not sure -just checked,about $50
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