Grace wooden handled hollow ground screwdrivers. They also make them in Phillips and torx. I’ve had them for years and they are still beautiful and work great.
My Uncle got me the full Chapman set about a decade ago and they have been great for me.I've had the same set of Chapman handle and bits (set #8900) for over 25 years and never broke a bit. There are several bit/handle set sizes. I have a mid size set and they get me through any job just fine.
The bits are supposed to break rather than damage the screw is what I’ve always been told? Small Arms Repairer School said the same thing, I just always thought the Army bought junk bits? I like Grace and the Brownell sets.I've had trouble with the Wheeler bits breaking, looking for something better.
The bits are supposed to break rather than damage the screw is what I’ve always been told? Small Arms Repairer School said the same thing, I just always thought the Army bought junk bits? I like Grace and the Brownell sets.
Just relaying What has been said, I still think the Army bought junk screwdriver bits.Not picking on you Vigilant as I have heard this many times and it makes no sense to me at all.
I'm thinking of damage to the screw as being one of three things, snapping the head off, letting the screwdriver slip out of the slot (or whatever) resulting in rounded off edges of the slot or using too narrow of a blade so that it displaces metal in the slot which is more unsightly than anything else.
All three methods of damage are user error and having an easily broken screwdriver would not prevent the second two. As to snapping the head off, having a screwdriver that is brittle enough to break before you could break the screw's head off would likely result in a scratch across the work piece (gun) and would limit each screwdriver to only working with a single diameter and thread pitch of screw...use it on a smaller screw and the screw breaks first, use it on a larger screw and the screwdriver breaks before the screw is properly torqued.
Proper fitting screwdrivers (hollow ground are helpful) and user experience/care are the keys to not damaging screws. Screwdrivers that are hard enough to "break before damaging the screw" or soft enough to twist/deform "before damaging the screw" sounds like something a shady salesman of cheaply made tools would come up with.