Originally Posted by
MD7305
It broke while I was installing my CHPWS plate along with the new McMaster hardware. The screw was about halfway threaded in, the screw head wasn't touching the Holosun yet. I noticed it was becoming tighter, at that point I should've stopped, but I continued tightening and it broke. I hadn't used my torque wrench at that point because the screw wasn't seated yet. That's totally my fault but I noticed that when threading the screws in my other slide there was flattening on the edge of the threads of the hardware. I was curious if that was normal or something you guys had experienced.
The first half of screw threads remain in the slide, with about 1/8" protruding from the top of the optic cut.
The hex hardware included with my CHPWS plate also was difficult to thread. Could the threads in my slides be out of spec? Could it be a tolerance stacking issue due to the slide apparently being finished after they were tapped/threaded? This is the case for both slides.