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Offline Branson

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Kinda look like screw drivers, but...?
« on: July 17, 2012, 06:18:13 PM »
Somebody on another list asked what these were.   No response after a few days, so I thought I'd bring them to our panel of experts.
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Re: Kinda look like screw drivers, but...?
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2012, 06:36:13 PM »
Saw similar screwdrivers made for a gunsmith, or made himself, very precision tips with flat sides, but the one with the hole?   Those type handles go back some years, usually to the 19th century (turnscrews).
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Re: Kinda look like screw drivers, but...?
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2012, 09:07:33 PM »
Could the hole be to slide a rod in for more leverage?
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Re: Kinda look like screw drivers, but...?
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2012, 07:33:17 AM »
I'd say gunsmiths turnscrews - a Google images search finds many different types - but they all have one thing in common, designed to fit the screw slot tightly without slipping - you do not want burred screws, or scratches on the lock plates...
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Re: Kinda look like screw drivers, but...?
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2012, 08:34:13 AM »
Quote from: Billman49 on July 18, 2012, 07:33:17 AM
I'd say gunsmiths turnscrews - a Google images search finds many different types - but they all have one thing in common, designed to fit the screw slot tightly without slipping - you do not want burred screws, or scratches on the lock plates...

Looks close, as long as you google turnscrew instead of screwdriver.    The fellow wrote: "...couple of wood-handled hand tools that look
like woodworking chisels, but the shank on each ends with a square, narrowed tab. The shank on one of the tools widens out and is drilled
with an untapped hole about 3/8's in diameter. "

Need a clear picture of the tips of these, but they have some resemblance to the firing pin removal tool, which has a bar running through it.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=+gunsmiths+turnscrews&view=detail&id=B7BC3358722A5184A8A0A6C64F964A5D6B3D9D28
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