Benchmade 940 series spacers question.

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Newbie kinda question here. Thinking of getting a 940 or 940-1 knife. Are the barrel spacers and backspacers interchangable between them? Do I need different screws for each type?

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The backspacers used on the Aluminum and Carbon Fiber scales are skinnier than the stand offs used on Titanium scales and the later model plastic scales.
 
tiguy7 said:
The backspacers used on the Aluminum and Carbon Fiber scales are skinnier than the stand offs used on Titanium scales and the later model plastic scales.
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So a modern 940 with aluminum scales should use the same "internals" as the carbon fiber 940-1....correct? So if an backspacer or barrel tube is good for one it is good for the other.
 
JeffMann said:
So a modern 940 with aluminum scales should use the same "internals" as the carbon fiber 940-1....correct? So if an backspacer or barrel tube is good for one it is good for the other.
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It’s a little complicated. The top knife is C/F and has a backspacer like the Aluminum knives. There are T-nuts in the R/H scale, and the 2 frame screws go all the way through the knife.
The middle knife, which is like the 940-1, has threaded stand offs and uses 4 frame screws (2 from each side).
The bottom Titanium knife has unthreaded stand offs and T-nuts in the R/H scale. It utilizes 2 frame screws which go through the knife.View attachment 2275802View attachment 2275803View attachment 2275806
 
This is an excellent explanation. Exactly what I needed to see and know about. Seems to fall into the "all depends" category of things. I am looking into buying a gently used 940-1 carbon fiber model. Looking into the various options of spacers and backspacers. I thank you kind sir for the help. Are you in the parts business? Just wondering from your user name.
 
JeffMann said:
Newbie kinda question here. Thinking of getting a 940 or 940-1 knife. Are the barrel spacers and backspacers interchangable between them? Do I need different screws for each type?

Thanks for the replies
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For the options readily available, there is the 940 (green AL with purple standoff), the 940-1 (blue barrel spacers), and the 940-2 (green barrel spacers). You can switch the green and blue barrel spacers of the -1 and -2, but cannot switch barrel standoffs with the spacers on aluminum scales. I wouldn’t worry about the titanium versions since they’re so rare, but if you ever got those versions I would leave it alone.
 
Right but he's looking at a "gently used 940-1 carbon fiber model" so the Rockscale would work for that?
 
JeffMann said:
This is an excellent explanation. Exactly what I needed to see and know about. Seems to fall into the "all depends" category of things. I am looking into buying a gently used 940-1 carbon fiber model. Looking into the various options of spacers and backspacers. I thank you kind sir for the help. Are you in the parts business? Just wondering from your user name.
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If I have any parts, it’s because they were left over after reassembly. Most of these 940/941 screws are #2X56TPI and available from knife supply outlets. My 940-1’s are identical in construction to the middle knife in the photos in post 4.
This is a Titanium model where they skipped the T-Nuts and tapped the R/H scale for the frame screws.View attachment 2277011
 
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