Bit Set Recommendation?

[NoMadMeHappy]

I just spun out an action screw (the hex) with a budget bit set. Looking to get a pro set. Suggestions?

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[ORhutner]

I have found this to be a great set from Wheeler: https://ads.midwayusa.com/product/1...MIw665kYDKjAMVVNLCBB3SWhmSEAQYASABEgKuEfD_BwE

Wheeler has other options also if your not looking for such a varied assortment.

 

[CorvallisOr]

I have bought individual bits from Wiha, which were very good. https://www.wihatools.com/collections/bits?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD_tkNiFY86b-vbRE75uMhvHsoY28

 

[Lilhigbee]

I've been quite happy with my Chapman set. They offer a wide range of combinations, here is the one I chose. I later found some bits at an estate sale I added to my set.
https://chapmanmfg.com/products/5589-ultimate-gunsmithing-set

 

[1911Fanatic]

I have found this to be a great set from Wheeler: https://ads.midwayusa.com/product/1007363134?pid=439523&utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=[ADL]_[PMAX]_[Category]_Gunsmithing&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw665kYDKjAMVVNLCBB3SWhmSEAQYASABEgKuEfD_BwE

Wheeler has other options also if your not looking for such a varied assortment.

That looks like a nice set.

 

[monkeybutler]

Drifting a bit, but when I followed the midway link I also found this….

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1021397816?pid=558269

Pretty sexytimes.

 

[NoMadMeHappy]

Thanks. I went with a small Wiha set.

 

[orygun]

I have a Wheeler set. Nice set. I'd buy another.

 

[Belial]

I have two Wheeler kits that are about 20 years old now. One for the bench and one lives in my range gear.

 

[ORhutner]

Thanks. I went with a small Wiha set.

Wiha make awesome bits. I have a big set in my automotive tool box in the garage. I think you will be very happy with them.

 

[thorborg]

That wheeler set looks nice, I wished they had stuff like that 60 years ago. Straight blade drivers were hard to find locally and expensive when needing so many as each brand guns screws were a different fit. learning how to reshape standard drivers to fit was the only solution then. Along with that, one usually became good at peening, filing and refinishing screw heads messed up by others when the wrong driver was used.
Now, a nice tidy 85 piece box of bits beats the heck out of two drawers full of handmade drivers individually acquired and modified as needed over the decades. Not to mention the easy fit to modern torque gauges.
A new set now would hard for me to justify in my waning and less productive years.

I looked at both sets offered here; The wheeler set seems better suited for smiting because of the large number of thickness and widths in one box to get the best tight fit as even the tiniest scratch / oops/ Damn!, if repaired, can cost a bunch to do so.
Hopefully they are not too brittle though. A too brittle bit that shatters when tough torqueing can really mess up a finish.
As an aside; Unless the older firearm's are your pleasure, none of this matters quite as much with the modern guns, since they mostly use non slotted fasteners, a different animal altogether.

 

[orygun]

That wheeler set looks nice, I wished they had stuff like that 60 years ago. Straight blade drivers were hard to find locally and expensive when needing so many as each brand guns screws were a different fit. learning how to reshape standard drivers to fit was the only solution then. Along with that, one usually became good at peening, filing and refinishing screw heads messed up by others when the wrong driver was used.
Now, a nice tidy 85 piece box of bits beats the heck out of two drawers full of handmade drivers individually acquired and modified as needed over the decades. Not to mention the easy fit to modern torque gauges.
A new set now would hard for me to justify in my waning and less productive years.

I looked at both sets offered here; The wheeler set seems better suited for smiting because of the large number of thickness and widths in one box to get the best tight fit as even the tiniest scratch / oops/ Damn!, if repaired, can cost a bunch to do so.
Hopefully they are not too brittle though. A too brittle bit that shatters when tough torqueing can really mess up a finish.
As an aside; Unless the older firearm's are your pleasure, none of this matters quite as much with the modern guns, since they mostly use non slotted fasteners, a different animal altogether.

I've found the Wheeler bits to be pretty well made. The only bit I broke was a TX10. That's a small bit with a lot of traction.
I don't know where my wife came up with the idea to buy this set for me a long time ago, but it was a great idea. There may be better tools available, but I can recommend Wheeler with no regret. I'm not a gunsmith, but I am a mechanic. I've been around tools a day or two.

I have found this to be a great set from Wheeler: https://ads.midwayusa.com/product/1007363134?pid=439523&utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=[ADL]_[PMAX]_[Category]_Gunsmithing&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw665kYDKjAMVVNLCBB3SWhmSEAQYASABEgKuEfD_BwE

Wheeler has other options also if your not looking for such a varied assortment.

This is the set I have.

 

[NoMadMeHappy]

The Wiha set I bought was about as much as the action screw I spun out and I'm even having trouble sourcing that. Never again!