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broken screw

rs719rs719 Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
edited January 2002 in Ask the Experts
I got a Stevens 311 with the screw broken off on the trigger guard. What is the easiest way to get this stub of the screw out?
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  • rs719rs719 Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    need help on the best way to remove a broke off scope mount screw in the receiver
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  • rs719rs719 Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I broke a screw when tightening a scope ring - it's a Redfield ring with a hex head, secures top 1/2 of mount to bottom. Does anyone know what the screw size & pitch is so I can replace?
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't mean to be smarta--, though this may sound like it, but the easiest way is to take it to a gunsmith. If you don't have the tools to do the job, that is probably also the best way.
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  • badboybobbadboybob Member Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Screw extractors are made for that job, but like He Dog said take it to a gunsmith. If you have to ask you won't be able to do it yourself.
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I assume it's the rear screw. Take off the buttstock, barrel and forend.Soak the screw for a couple of days with Kroil, Zep or auto transmission oil, clamp the action in a padded vise, carefully slot the screw stub with a swiss, knife file, give the screw a few light taps and hopefully turn out the screw. If this fails, a gunsmith or machinist can do it.
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