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SRTMO
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I am a Sig Armorer, are you near Harford County?
eddiek2000
Sweet Lemonade!!
SRTMO
Active Member
Did you strip the threads or the head. I am guessing the head. If that is the case, you could use the screw extractor or you could dremel the head enough to make a slot for a screw driver. Be super careful if you use a dremel. A dremel is the last choice for me.
SCARCQB
Get Opp my rawn, Plick!
A dremel with a cutting blade, cut a slot across the bad screw head.
snavematt
say what?
yoru In MoCo so if your stuck go down to Engage Armament on Conn Ave, They can fix you up
alucard0822
For great Justice
Most of the screw extractors are made to work with phillips, allen or torx screws, and require a hole to be drilled in slotted, which is about impossible without a drill press, and even then, you run a god chance of boogering up your frame if you go to deep.
The best way is to use a screwdriver that is the correct size and shape, sounds simple, but when it comes to guns, a standard wedge shaped screw driver might be too thick, too thin, too wide, or too narrow, I use a set that has flat ground screwdriver bits in 3 different thicknesses for every width and a couple that are tapered for use with countersunk screws, being the screws tend to be small and tight, it is far too easy to bugger them up by using a good screwdriver that fits, but happens to be the wrong shape.
Thing is, that even with the right bit, sometimes they get stripped anyway, and grip screws not being in a precarious spot are fairly easy to remove.
There are 2 methods that usually work, make sure the gun is unloaded and the chamber is clear, then squirt a little pb blaster in the screw hole inside the mag well if the hole is drilled through, or around the screw head if it isn't, and wait 10 minutes for the oil to penetrate. With the gun on a sturdy, non-slip, non-marring surface, like a peice of rubber or leather on a work bench, center the correct screw driver bit in the remaining slot, tap it lightly with a hammer, push down as hard as you can without slipping, and gently try to turn it, most of the time it will start to turn the screw, when it does, stop, and tap the screw driver handle again lightly, and using less downward pressure, back the damaged screw out slowly and carefully. If this doesn't work, last chance before drilling, or taking it to a smith is to use an impact driver, and honed bit, you simply hone the edges of the bit to be as square and sharp as possible, so it will dig into the screw and turn it, then set the impact driver, and give it a smack with a hammer, this will either back the screw out 1/4 turn, destroy the head of the screw, so it has to be drilled out, or the bit will break, once I get this desparate though, 90% of the time, the screw comes out, and I chase the threads with a tap to avoid stripping out the frame with the new screw.
Good luck.
The best way is to use a screwdriver that is the correct size and shape, sounds simple, but when it comes to guns, a standard wedge shaped screw driver might be too thick, too thin, too wide, or too narrow, I use a set that has flat ground screwdriver bits in 3 different thicknesses for every width and a couple that are tapered for use with countersunk screws, being the screws tend to be small and tight, it is far too easy to bugger them up by using a good screwdriver that fits, but happens to be the wrong shape.
Thing is, that even with the right bit, sometimes they get stripped anyway, and grip screws not being in a precarious spot are fairly easy to remove.
There are 2 methods that usually work, make sure the gun is unloaded and the chamber is clear, then squirt a little pb blaster in the screw hole inside the mag well if the hole is drilled through, or around the screw head if it isn't, and wait 10 minutes for the oil to penetrate. With the gun on a sturdy, non-slip, non-marring surface, like a peice of rubber or leather on a work bench, center the correct screw driver bit in the remaining slot, tap it lightly with a hammer, push down as hard as you can without slipping, and gently try to turn it, most of the time it will start to turn the screw, when it does, stop, and tap the screw driver handle again lightly, and using less downward pressure, back the damaged screw out slowly and carefully. If this doesn't work, last chance before drilling, or taking it to a smith is to use an impact driver, and honed bit, you simply hone the edges of the bit to be as square and sharp as possible, so it will dig into the screw and turn it, then set the impact driver, and give it a smack with a hammer, this will either back the screw out 1/4 turn, destroy the head of the screw, so it has to be drilled out, or the bit will break, once I get this desparate though, 90% of the time, the screw comes out, and I chase the threads with a tap to avoid stripping out the frame with the new screw.
Good luck.
wilcam47
Ultimate Member
this could help...get a cold chisel with a small point get on the edge of the screw head and try to tap it loose with a mallet...I would be careful doing this though...
