National Stock Number (NSN) 5306-00-478-9978, or NIIN 004789978, (bolt,shear) was assigned February 9, 1970 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 1 stock number, 5306010068983.
There are 5 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 2 of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 6 suppliers. Today, 6 suppliers are listed as Active suppliers for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, 3 suppliers are deemed design controlled or valid supply parts.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years.
This NSN is unique to one weapons system.
Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Mar 14, 2014, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Acquire directly from the actual manufacturer, whether or not the prime contractor is the actual manufacturer. The data or the rights to use the data needed to purchase this part from additional sources are not owned by the Government and it has been determined that it is uneconomical to purchase them. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 15903. [A HIGH STRENGTH, 160,000 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH (1100 MEGAPASCALS) MINIMUM TENSILE STRENGTH EXTERNALLY THREADED FASTENER DESIGNED FOR USE IN APPLICATIONS INVOLVING GREAT SHEAR STRESS. THE HEAD IS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE AN EXTERNAL WRENCH OR DRIVER. THE HEAD IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE HELD OR DRIVEN WITH AN INSERTED DRIVER, NOR IS IT DESIGNED FOR ROTATION BY THE THUMB AND FINGERS. THE UNTHREADED PORTION IS OF SPECIFIC GRIP LENGTH, PLATED OR UNPLATED, AND IS MACHINED TO A TOLERANCE OF ONE THOUSANDTH (0.001) OF AN INCH (0.025 MM) OR LESS OF A SPECIFIC DIAMETER FOR ITEMS ONE INCH (25 MM) OR LESS IN DIAMETER. ITEMS OVER ONE INCH (25 MM) IN DIAMETER SHALL HAVE A TOLERANCE OF FIFTEEN TEN THOUSANDTHS (0.0015) OF AN INCH (0.038 MM) OR LESS. THE NOMINAL MAJOR DIAMETER OF THE THREADS SHALL BE AT LEAST ONE THOUSANDTH (0.001) OF AN INCH (0.025 MM) BELOW THE MINIMUM SHANK DIAMETER, BUT NOT BELOW THE MINIMUM MAJOR DIAMETER FOR APPLICABLE CLASS OF FIT, AS SHOWN IN THE SCREW THREAD STANDARDS, FED STD H28 AND/OR OTHER NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARDS. A LOCKING FEATURE MAY BE INCORPORATED IN THE DESIGN OF THE HEAD OR THREADS. SEE BOLT, MACHINE AND BOLT, CLEVIS.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 5306004789978 does not contain precious metals.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 7318152000: bolts and bolts and their nuts or washers exported in the same shipment. The Schedule B End Use is listed as iron and steel products, other. NAICS classification category 332722: bolt, nut, screw, rivet, and washer manufacturing.
This information was last updated on Jul 01, 2025.