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  1. #1
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    Default Drilling tap a Sportco 33 .222

    I've been asked to drill and tap 2 x M4 through holes on this rifle, about where the small screw and nut are in the crappy photo. I don't want to start unless I know I can do it with a standard HSS drill and tap.
    How hard or tough is the steel?
    Thanks in advance.


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    HSS should be fine, I have lost count how many I have drilled over the years all with HSS

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    I have a friend who does gunsmith work and he uses spiral taps exclusively on tapped holes for receiver mounted scopes and the like.

    I tried spiral taps and they reduce the tapping effort effort by a big factor.They were dearer but not by a lot.

    Less likely to snap and reduce the chance of an unsuccessful job.

    Grahame

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    Job's done without any worries, thanks for the advice, the steel was probably as tough as 1045.

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