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5/3/2026 11:18:47 AM EDT
I screwed up while installing a different pistol grip on my Colt M4 lower. Does anyone know the thread size so I can get a thread tap ?
5/3/2026 11:34:54 AM EDT
[#1]
1/4-28
5/3/2026 11:42:12 AM EDT
[#2]
Thanks
5/3/2026 2:05:46 PM EDT
[#3]
Heli-coil & loctite
5/3/2026 3:02:57 PM EDT
[#4]
I doubt you stripped them all the way.  If it's too chewed up on the end just drill it out until you get to the good threads, then run your tap.
5/3/2026 4:35:37 PM EDT
[#5]
It should be tapped all the way though. Start on the inside of the receiver and run the tap through it toward the grip.
5/4/2026 8:53:39 AM EDT
[#6]
Most of mine me are drilled through, but not all of them are tapped all the way through. I would send the tap all the way through the hole and if necessary get a slightly longer 1/4-28 screw to reach past the damaged threads and into the newly cut ones. Just make sure the screw doesn't come all the way through.
5/4/2026 10:27:24 AM EDT
[#7]
Luckily only the first few threads were damaged and it only needed a few passes with the tap to repair. All back together now and good as new.

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