Easy fix or new gun?

[danarzh]

Sometime last year I noticed that a grip screw came out of my beretta 92A1 while at the range. I found the screw and tried to put it back, but it wouldn't engage the treads in the grip. I got a new bushing from Beretta but that didn't work either. Upon closer inspection, it looks like the metal from the frame that the bushing engages with is chipped, and I believe it's causing it to not catch. I've attached photos.

Is this an easy fix? Is soldering the bushing/screw in for a permanent fix the only solution outside of getting a new frame? I'm nowhere near being a gunsmith, but I've assembled my fair share, as well as done some milling and drilling. Also wondering if a gunsmith could fix it, but I also don't want to spend hundreds of dollars to fix something so small.

Thanks in advance.

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[DLS]

JB Weld would work. It's a low stress area so JBW would be plenty strong. Degrease the bushing hole and yhe outside threads of the bushing. Pack the inside of the bushing with grease to keep any JB Weld out of the internal threads.

 

[danarzh]

Well I'll be damned - I'll report back once it's cured and I get to test it. Thank you.

 

[Nosferatu]

You may need an oversized bushing.

Beretta Grip Screw Bushing, Oversized

Check out the deal on Beretta Grip Screw Bushing, Oversized at MGW

www.midwestgunworks.com

 

[danarzh]

Update on the JB Weld fix - looks like it worked so well that the bolt completely sheared off.

 

[bionic knees]

Some of just weren't meant for this kind of work.

 

[danarzh]

Some of just weren't meant for this kind of work.

Clarification - it sheared off after a session at the range, not while applying the JB Weld

 

[DLS]

So the bushing held and now the grip screw sheared?

 

[roseburger]

Did you over-torque it?

 

[NeoBlackdog]

I've never seen that with a Glock...
How the heck could that even happen? Doesn't seem like there's be enough stress in that area to do that kind of damage.

 

[danarzh]

@DLS Yes, the bushing stayed but the grip screw sheared.

@roseburger I was very careful to try not over-torquing it, but I also didn't use a torque wrench, so that's a possibility.

@neo I agree - never had something like this happen. I bought this 92 used a few years ago, so I'm not sure how old or how much abuse it's gotten. Wondering if that grip screw has gotten beaten up over the years, and it ended up giving way today. I was running and gunning today, so more intense shooting, but I don't see any special kind of abuse from today's training.

 

[Nosferatu]

This is why crayon-munchers with hooves buy Glocks.

 

[gmerkt]

There might be some general education here. Grips screws don't need to be all that tight. As someone said above, they aren't a high torque situation. Just snug them down until a little resistance is felt, then call it good. They don't need to be screwed down like the crankshaft damper pulley on a car engine. If they loosen up a little at the range, you'll notice it and you can snug them down again. It won't hurt them to be a little loose in most cases. Shearing off a screw or worse, stripping threads in a frame is a lot more trouble.

 

[NeoBlackdog]

There might be some general education here. Grips screws don't need to be all that tight. As someone said above, they aren't a high torque situation. Just snug them down until a little resistance is felt, then call it good. They don't need to be screwed down like the crankshaft damper pulley on a car engine. If they loosen up a little at the range, you'll notice it and you can snug them down again. It won't hurt them to be a little loose in most cases. Shearing off a screw or worse, stripping threads in a frame is a lot more trouble.

It seems like maybe a dab of blue Loctite might also be in order?

 

[RVTECH]

There might be some general education here. Grips screws don't need to be all that tight

It also would have been a good idea to replace the grip screws as well, especially if the originals show ANY sign of wear or over tightening.

Having worked on a lot of guns I understand certain screws might be specific, or properitary to the application however most grip screws are relatively basic and suitable replacements could most likely be found fairly easily.