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    Posted: August 13 2025 at 9:36am

Does anyone know what the diameter of the threaded brass rod that was installed in the back end of the SMLE foreend is? I need to get some but have no idea on size and am having difficulty in finding that info
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I would be interested in this as well.

Do you have a video showing how it is used?
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They are actually a "Brass Repair Wire", & truly as common as chicken's teeth!
I've used threaded brass rod in 3/32" diameter. But its not "right", the original threads are a much coarser pitch & have coarser threads with a narrower size.

Paddy, they are the little brass "dots with wings"" you see in various places on the stock, that's the end-on view of the reinforcing rod. They are screwed into pre-drilled holes then cut off & filed flush to reinforce weak spots in the stock design.
If anyone has some I'd love to buy a couple of lengths from you too.Embarrassed
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Thanks!
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I saw Brownells had some 3/32" brass pins for stock repair and that brought up the question. I have a couple reproduction foreends and they don't come with the wire in them. They can do without it, but it would be nice to have the reinforcement there.
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They were available as "bundles" a while back, but I haven't seen them in a long time.
Oh I remembered the diameter wrong 3/32" it was .
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im not even going to start the list - it would be way too long and most of you would also want them , 

i dont have any of that brass wire or id send it to you 
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Has anyone ever tried #10 gauge brass wire which is readily available?  #10 (2.588 mm) wire is slightly larger than 3/32" (2.381 mm) but it might work.
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Parker Hiscock magazines for me Shamu.
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The wire woiuld be nice, but how are you going to thread it?
It would work for purely cosmetic purposes though.
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