Picky question on "torx head" screws

the yooper

February 27, 2013 14:00

I've got a 1947 Model 70 with a Lyman All-American scope which is great but it's in a mount using the "torx head" screws. I know it's a picky item, but are these screws period-correct for 1947 or should they be changed to slot-head for correctness? When did torx-heads originate? Thanks.
yooper

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  carbine100

  February 27, 2013 14:12

  Wiki says; 1967 torx was invented.

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  perry shooter

  February 27, 2013 14:26

  I doubt if your 1947 model 70 had a SCOPE. If it did it most likely was Not anywhere NEAR the scope you have on it . Maybe a Lyman Alaskian I would be period correct. Scope ring screws is a MOOT point

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  the yooper

  February 27, 2013 18:22

  DUHHH! I guess I should have read my Nick Stroebel "Old Rifle Scopes" book more closely. I thought the All American and Alaskan scopes were both Lyman scopes of the same time period, different prices. I doubt I'll be using that rifle for hunting anyway, so I'll likely return it to its original sight configuration.
  Thanks
  yooper

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  Ray Boone

  February 28, 2013 07:42

  A friends uncle had a M70 from about that era. I think it was factory drilled. It had Leupold adjust-O maounts and Leupold Pioneer 7/8" tube non-adjustable scope. the mounts used allen head wrenches, so while slot head screws were more common, hex heads would be period correct too, just no star drive/torx. I think i'd use the rifle for its intended purpose rather than having it languish in a corner.

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