Pamex DD05-703 3" Surface Bolt

The DD05-703 ships complete with two receptacle plates and wood screws, so a wood door and jamb (or door and adjacent leaf) needs nothing extra. Two receptacles is what lets you set the bolt in both a locked and a held-open position, or mount it for a top-and-bottom style shoot into either a strike on the frame or one on the floor. Since the fasteners supplied are wood screws, metal doors or masonry strikes will need fasteners you source separately.

The Pamex DD05-703 has an overall size of 3 inches by 5/8 inch, which suits a standard residential door. For longer bar coverage, the Emtek 8511 is a 6 inch solid brass surface bolt, and the Ives SB360 is a heavy-duty steel surface bolt with a 1-1/4 inch throw in a 12 inch length. The longer bodies place the operating lever farther from the head or sill, which is often what you want at the top of a tall inactive leaf.

The Pamex DD05-703 is a residential grade surface bolt in brass, so it is not the part for a labeled opening. For fire rated openings, the Ives SB1600 is a heavy duty steel surface bolt with a 3-1/2 inch throw and a fire rating, the Ives SB1640 is a fire rated brass surface bolt with a 1 inch throw, and the Ives SB1630 is a heavy duty steel locking surface bolt with a 1 inch throw, keyed security and a 3-hour UL listing. Match the throw to your strike prep when you switch.

The Pamex DD05-703 is a plain surface bolt with two receptacle plates and wood screws - it throws and retracts by hand and has no key. If the opening needs the bolt secured, the Ives SB1630 is a heavy duty steel locking surface bolt with a 1 inch throw and keyed security, and the ABH HD1805 is a heavy duty surface bolt with an auto-locking 3/4 inch stainless steel bar.

It is a surface-applied bolt, fastened through the face of the door with screws. No mortising, no routing, no drilling of the door edge beyond the strike hole. That makes it the quick fix on an existing door where you don't want to cut into the stile, and it is why the two receptacle plates ship with it.

Three finishes: 609 antique brass, 605 bright brass, and 625 bright chrome. Those are standard BHMA numbers, so if the knobs and hinges on your other doors are specified by the same code you can match exactly. Bright brass and bright chrome are the polished options; antique brass is the darker, aged look.

Yes, that is the usual job for it on a residential pair, mounted on the inactive leaf and shooting into a receptacle at the head or the sill. But note the scale: at 3 x 5/8 inches this is a light bolt. On a tall or heavy pair, or any pair that needs to resist real force, a longer heavy-duty bolt such as the ABH HD1805 with its auto-locking 3/4 inch stainless steel bar or the Trimco 4800 Series is the better choice.

The Pamex DD05-703 is a surface applied brass bolt, 3 inches by 5/8 inch, supplied with two receptacle plates and wood screws, in antique brass, bright chrome and bright brass. The nearest like-for-like alternatives are the Delaney Solid Brass Surface Bolt and, where a more ornamental face is wanted, the Delaney Decorative Solid Brass Surface Bolt. Both are solid brass surface bolts in the same surface-mount family.

The Pamex DD05-703 is a plain 3 inch brass bolt, available in antique brass, bright brass and bright chrome, so it reads traditional but the body itself is unornamented. If you want an ornamented face plate, the Delaney BV7600 decorative solid brass surface bolt is the styled option.