Sako Crossbolts

[Duncan Idaho]

I have an 85 laminate for which I would like to remove the stainless crossbolts. The plan is to either swap them with blackened crossbolts or blacken the current bolts. No response from several emails and phone call directly to Stoeger Canada and nothing from Sako.

First, can these be removed or are they epoxied in place?
Second, if they can be removed easily, where can I find the appropriate spanner screwdriver to do the job?
Third, anyone in Canada that stocks replacement crossbolts?

No luck tracking anything through Canadian Tire, Home Depot, Home Hardware, etc, despite most of these places listing them on a website.

Please drop a PM if you have an answer for me.

Cheers.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Anyone??? Someone out there must know.

 

[double gun]

You can remove them, and You could get Murdoc to chemically blacken them.
You can buy adjustable spanner wrenches from most decent tool stores. Even places like KBC will sell a cheap import version which would probably work. Even a set of 90 degree snap ring pliers would probably get them out if you can't locate the proper wrench.

 

[krprice84]

Not sure if you ever got this done, but honestly, just make a spanner for them. First, take a large flat head screwdriver, and lay it flat on the bolt head. Take a sharpie marker, and mark where the holes are. Now use a dremel to cut out the middle and leave two "fingers". Make the fingers a little longer than you need, you'll see why in a moment. Then take a SMALL cylindrical stone, put it on the dremel, and with VERY light pressure on the first finger, swivel the dremel around the finger making it round. Repeat on the second one. Now you want to use a flat round stone on the dremel, and spin it up and touch the end of the fingers (at the same time) to the top surface of the stone, bringing the fingers down to exactly the same height. Do this and keep checking fit as you go. You should get the fingers so that they bottom out in the holes on the screw head just before the center (relieved) section of the screwdriver contacts the screw head.

Nice and easy.

You can also use snap ring pliers, they work well if the screws aren't that tight. They worked fine on my Sakos.