On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 7:19:59 PM UTC-5, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/13/15 8:15 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/13/2015 8:10 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/13/15 4:44 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:

So, I'm trying to attach a Picatinny rail adapter to a dovetail rail,
and it uses allen screws...fine...I have about 25 small allen keys, but
this one...requires a frippin' 1/16" allen key, the smallest I've
encountered in my lifetime and of course I don't have *that* one. Any
thoughtful vendor would include the key in the parts bag...most vendors
seem to do that...but not this one. Grrrrrr.


Found one...and only one...at a local hardware store. 50 cents retail.
Got the rail adapter on, even though I could barely see the damned allen
screws...used the blue loctite...so the rifle is spending the night in
the vise.

Managed to not drop any of the bitty parts on the floor...a first for
me.


Surprised the manufacturer didn't include the required Allen wrench with
the rail adapter.

Sure you didn't miss it in the packaging?




No...it was well-packaged and it wasn't there...or mentioned in the
enclosed instruction sheet. Just about every other gun "bit" I've bought
in the last few years that included very small allen screws included an
allen key. This wasn't a cheap, "Chinese" item, either.

I bet the .50c wrench was.

On 10/13/15 8:42 PM, Tim wrote:
On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 7:19:59 PM UTC-5, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/13/15 8:15 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/13/2015 8:10 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/13/15 4:44 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:

So, I'm trying to attach a Picatinny rail adapter to a dovetail rail,
and it uses allen screws...fine...I have about 25 small allen keys, but
this one...requires a frippin' 1/16" allen key, the smallest I've
encountered in my lifetime and of course I don't have *that* one. Any
thoughtful vendor would include the key in the parts bag...most vendors
seem to do that...but not this one. Grrrrrr.


Found one...and only one...at a local hardware store. 50 cents retail.
Got the rail adapter on, even though I could barely see the damned allen
screws...used the blue loctite...so the rifle is spending the night in
the vise.

Managed to not drop any of the bitty parts on the floor...a first for
me.


Surprised the manufacturer didn't include the required Allen wrench with
the rail adapter.

Sure you didn't miss it in the packaging?




No...it was well-packaged and it wasn't there...or mentioned in the
enclosed instruction sheet. Just about every other gun "bit" I've bought
in the last few years that included very small allen screws included an
allen key. This wasn't a cheap, "Chinese" item, either.

I bet the .50c wrench was.


Probably, but I can't see any markings on it, and there weren't any in
the bin in the store.

Tim wrote:
On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 7:19:59 PM UTC-5, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/13/15 8:15 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/13/2015 8:10 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/13/15 4:44 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:

So, I'm trying to attach a Picatinny rail adapter to a dovetail rail,
and it uses allen screws...fine...I have about 25 small allen keys, but
this one...requires a frippin' 1/16" allen key, the smallest I've
encountered in my lifetime and of course I don't have *that* one. Any
thoughtful vendor would include the key in the parts bag...most vendors
seem to do that...but not this one. Grrrrrr.


Found one...and only one...at a local hardware store. 50 cents retail.
Got the rail adapter on, even though I could barely see the damned allen
screws...used the blue loctite...so the rifle is spending the night in
the vise.

Managed to not drop any of the bitty parts on the floor...a first for
me.


Surprised the manufacturer didn't include the required Allen wrench with
the rail adapter.

Sure you didn't miss it in the packaging?




No...it was well-packaged and it wasn't there...or mentioned in the
enclosed instruction sheet. Just about every other gun "bit" I've bought
in the last few years that included very small allen screws included an
allen key. This wasn't a cheap, "Chinese" item, either.

I bet the .50c wrench was.


Probably wrong size. I would bet metric these days.

On 10/13/15 9:22 PM, Califbill wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 7:19:59 PM UTC-5, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/13/15 8:15 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/13/2015 8:10 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/13/15 4:44 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:

So, I'm trying to attach a Picatinny rail adapter to a dovetail rail,
and it uses allen screws...fine...I have about 25 small allen keys, but
this one...requires a frippin' 1/16" allen key, the smallest I've
encountered in my lifetime and of course I don't have *that* one. Any
thoughtful vendor would include the key in the parts bag...most vendors
seem to do that...but not this one. Grrrrrr.


Found one...and only one...at a local hardware store. 50 cents retail.
Got the rail adapter on, even though I could barely see the damned allen
screws...used the blue loctite...so the rifle is spending the night in
the vise.

Managed to not drop any of the bitty parts on the floor...a first for
me.


Surprised the manufacturer didn't include the required Allen wrench with
the rail adapter.

Sure you didn't miss it in the packaging?




No...it was well-packaged and it wasn't there...or mentioned in the
enclosed instruction sheet. Just about every other gun "bit" I've bought
in the last few years that included very small allen screws included an
allen key. This wasn't a cheap, "Chinese" item, either.

I bet the .50c wrench was.


Probably wrong size. I would bet metric these days.


No, Bilious... 1/16" is the right size. The local hardware store had two
drawers of loose allen wrenches, "inch" and "metric."

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:22:59 -0700, Califbill billnews wrote:

Tim wrote:
On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 7:19:59 PM UTC-5, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/13/15 8:15 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/13/2015 8:10 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 10/13/15 4:44 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:

So, I'm trying to attach a Picatinny rail adapter to a dovetail rail,
and it uses allen screws...fine...I have about 25 small allen keys, but
this one...requires a frippin' 1/16" allen key, the smallest I've
encountered in my lifetime and of course I don't have *that* one. Any
thoughtful vendor would include the key in the parts bag...most vendors
seem to do that...but not this one. Grrrrrr.


Found one...and only one...at a local hardware store. 50 cents retail.
Got the rail adapter on, even though I could barely see the damned allen
screws...used the blue loctite...so the rifle is spending the night in
the vise.

Managed to not drop any of the bitty parts on the floor...a first for
me.


Surprised the manufacturer didn't include the required Allen wrench with
the rail adapter.

Sure you didn't miss it in the packaging?




No...it was well-packaged and it wasn't there...or mentioned in the
enclosed instruction sheet. Just about every other gun "bit" I've bought
in the last few years that included very small allen screws included an
allen key. This wasn't a cheap, "Chinese" item, either.

I bet the .50c wrench was.


Probably wrong size. I would bet metric these days.

a 2mm would be a bit bigger than a 1/16" so I doubt it would work
1.5mm would be too small

They made our metric screws and tools blue so we would not mix them
up. You were certainly not "eyeballing them when they get this small
and use the wrong one, it ain't coming apart.