Best screw for end grain?

[shotman]

well all have offered
But best is the stainless steel deck screws
Problem is you have to buy by 100

[Mk42gunner]

Every Pacmyar (sp) recoil pad that I have bought in the last twenty or so years has came with two pan head sheetmetal screws in the package. Usually #6 or #8 by about 1 1/4".

If you are worried about them rusting, most farm stores sell stainless ones individually for not much less than you can buy a whole box for.

Robert

[Jammer Six]

One of the greatest pleasures in life is completing what others say can't be done.

I love it when this happens.

I just retired, I was a carpenter by trade and a contractor by profession.

If it hadn't been for equipment coming from overseas, I wouldn't have made nearly as much money as I did. At the end of my career, I never looked at American made equipment-- whatever it was, the same quality could be had from overseas and a fraction of the price. We called it the "entitlement tax" that Americans add to products by touching them.

By the way, it's extremely bad manners to bring politics into a non-political discussion. I tell you this because I see no one else ever has.

[Bren R.]

Drywall screws are very hard and very brittle.
Not a good choice for a lot of places they get used.

Amen. I see them used by a lot of home handymen for structural purposes...

Bren R.

[Jammer Six]

If you go to axis of the world, you will find that our little planet is held to it's axis by four drywall screws, three sinkers and sixteen feet of duct tape.

[Longwood]

An old mechanic told me one time that we will see the last VW when they quit making drywall screws and duct tape.

[Char-Gar]

I was taught to use good old Elmer's glue on the stock before screwing the pad on. The glue will hole the pad with zero stress on the screws. We used plain old wood screws with a proper pilot hole.

[fourarmed]

If you look at old buttplate screws and new recoil pad screws, they are always parallel-sided instead of tapered like wood screws. Pretty much tells me it's the way to go.