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mlv wrote:
Everyone (and I do mean everyone) seems to only stock these fancy
hardened, twin-threaded, gold-plated, reduced shank, pozi-headed, etc.
screws that may be just wonderful for screwing into wood, but are (IMHO)
quite inadequate when used with plastic wallplugs. They simply don't
give the firm, reliable grip of the traditional woodscrew and seem
rather prone to ripping the centre out of the wallplug.

Then you're using the wrong wall plugs, or wrong sized drill.

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