Very good product
Worked well on a Commander frame.
Perfect…..
My wife might disagree, but I think I’m a simple guy. When something works exactly as advertised, l’m happy. This worked great, and I’m thrilled. I used a 17/64” drill bit in my press to make a guide from a 3/4” plywood scrap. Oiled the tap and it went in clean and straight! Cleaned the hole, installed the new bushing with a drop of blue threadlocker, and done! Like I said, thrilled!
1911 Basic Oversized Bushing Set
Worked perfect. I had a 1911 with one hole stripped and this kit took care of that. I will have spares for the next repair. Thanks. Mike.
Fixed my stripped aluminum receiver
Excellent! Got the job done.
Excellent Solution to a Common Problem
Too many 1911's come in with one or more grip bushings stripped out, sometimes by other "professional gunsmiths". This is an easy, reliable, sturdy solution to the problem. Square the tap to the grip, use lots of cutting oil, and in a few minutes, you're ready to install the new bushing. Nothing is easier!
Simple bushing repair/replacement
Simple fix for repair/replacement of damaged bushings. Hand turned with ease and precision making customer damaged bushing repair a less than ten minute job.
This was a great purchase
This kit was exactly what I needed for a stripped bushing. Someone at Kimber put lock tite on the grip screw instead of the bushing. When I tried to change my grips the bushing came out with the screw. The oversized bushing kit with the tap included was an excellent fix. Lock tited the bushing after fitting and works great.
Back in action
Had 2 stripped grip bushings (discovered when I went to install my grip). Ordered this off others reviews, and was NOT disappointed. 2 holes tapped, new bushings installed and grips installed in less than 15 minutes (by hand. Tapped the old holes with a hand tap and this bit). Works like a charm if you have stripped GI bushings!!!
Great solution for stripped bushing
Extremely easy to use. Reluctant at first to attempt to repair a stripped out grip bushing on my 1911. Great product.
Perfect tool/bushing solution!
I have a Kimber Raptor that came from the factory with a cross-threaded grip bushing, discovered when the grip came loose after about 100 rounds. I tried getting the original bushing back in correctly, thought it held but then it just broke loose again next trip to the range. I was pretty concerned I'd have to send the thing back to Kimber to get fixed up until I found this oversize tap/bushing set. The PERFECT solution, super easy to use with some care as people people noted to keep the tap going straight. With this aluminum frame gun it cut nice new threads in minutes. Adding to the others tips, I used a bit of Loctite instead of JB Weld, hopefully that holds, but the intent is the same since the bushing is actually harder than the frame I didn't think staking it was a good idea. Also, I'd screw in the bushing just with fingers, no tools, to make sure you don't accidentally cross-thread it. These threads are so so very fine it would be easy to do, and especially with an aluminum frame easy to damage those new threads. I put it in finger-tight until it bottoms out then use a screwdriver to cinch it up. Thanks Brownells!
