Stuck base mount screw...

[IM_Lugger]

Whats the best way to remove a stuck screw? Gunsmith that mounted and boresited the scope must've put too much locktite.

Also if a (another) smith would do it how much should that cost?

 

[coyote1664]

heat, try a heat gun first, if that doesn't work than will need a small torch.

 

[guntech]

Small torch on the screw head, about as hot a soft soldering should release the grip... Really careful if this is on a ring and the scope is in it...

 

[IM_Lugger]

Scope is removed, this is a base screw. Gun isn't mine anymore and new owner is a little apprehensive to apply heat as he thinks it might damage the finish of the gun.

How much would a gunsmith charge for it?

 

[IM_Lugger]

Any gunsmiths in Toronto that can do it on the spot if possible? Need to fix it asap...

 

[cdn shooter]

Is it the furthest screw towards the front of the rifle, and what rifle?

 

[guntech]

You can heat it with a small propane torch until water boils away when dropped on it and let it sit a bit... it's like a frying pan hot enough that water drops bounce and sizzle and disappear...

It also should not be that much for a smith to do it... unless you screw the head up and it has to be drilled...

 

[Longshot]

Sometimes we use a larger torx head that fits into the striped hole.Hammer it in there nice and tight.Apply heat like others have said.Apply heavy downward pressure(takes 2 people) and slowly turn. Sometimes vice grips on the screwdriver helps for turning when buddy is putting all his downward weight on it.
Hope you get it outta there!

 

[maynard]

Drill the head off it and turn the screw out by hand.

 

[cdn shooter]

Drill the head off it and turn the screw out by hand.

If it's bottomed out on barrel threads that's not going to work.

 

[cbh560]

I had this same situation happen to me when I sold a rifle. The loctite held well, and thte hex screw head stripped. I had to have a smith drill out the screw. It cost me about $40 and a little time. No I don't use any screws that are a torx. The hex head screws are all going in the garbage

 

[Kelly Timoffee]

This has worked for me in the past:

If you can get a punch into or onto the screw and give it a couple good raps with a hammer , it will help break the bond, or take a 1/4" screw driver bit of the screw size, put it in hole give a couple shots.

I have stripped torq head screws and pounded a robertson or hex into the hole and turned them out easily after the hammering.

I wouldn't go to the smith just yet.