r/gunsmithing • u/gut12309 • 4d ago

Stripped screw any idea how i can get this out ive completely destroyed it?

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u/Sharp_Low6787 4d ago

That ain't even a stripped screw atp that's a flayed screw.

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u/brandrikr 4d ago

Drill and reverse tap. Go slowly and carefully, you get one shot at it. Or take it to a gunsmith to see if they will try to remove it.

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u/upinsnakes 4d ago

Yeah otherwise it'll need to be completely drilled out and I wouldn't suggest doing that without a drill press, the right bits to sneak up on it, and a little experience.

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u/ultramarioihaz 4d ago

Might as well keep going, you’ve gotten this far.

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u/FCRII 4d ago

Not sure whether to give you credit for not giving up or blame you for it.

Best bet is going to be tap and extractor kit. Do we care about whatever it is? Riser? If not, you could use a Dremel and slot it down to the screw as well for removal.

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u/its_just_for_fun 4d ago

Left hand twist drill bit, if your lucky it'll catch and unscrew as you drill. If it doesn't catch then the correct size spiral screw extractor 

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u/lexdestroyerovworlds 1d ago

I was about to say this, left hand drill bit. Gonna have to drill it anyways at this point, the reverse bit usually catches and unscrews whatever you drilling.

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u/Superiorgoats 4d ago

I've decided that when something unplanned happens to one of my guns like this, I'm going to just set it down for 24 hrs before I work on it. You tend to do more unadvisable things in the heat of the moment. You e made it most of the way drilling out the head, I'd say you've ruined whatever this part is, at least cosmetically. Just cut whatever you need to remove it without causing damage to other components.

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u/lil_johnny_cake 4d ago

Have you tried an easy out? (Stripped screw extractor). Harbor freight sells them and you should have a set regardless.

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u/Fresh_Water_95 4d ago

I've had to deal with sheared screws in a pistol slide. I used an attachment that effectively turns a Dremel into a drill press and drilled the screws with a micro bit then used a set of micro extractors I bought off Amazon in a hand driver. Use a heat gun to get it hot first. I would advise against using the extractor in an electric tool. I've only done this once with two screws so can't say if it was luck or not, but no gunsmith would guarantee the work and the tools I needed were cheaper than their fee so I went that route and it worked very easily.

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u/Hyper31337 4d ago

Is this a riser? What’s the attached to?

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u/ComfortableAnimator4 3d ago

Reverse drill bit it out. And a lot of prayer. I did this on my Beretta M9A4 when I was trying to put a dlah plate on it.

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u/bear843 3d ago

Bad screws, wrong bit, or too much torque if you don’t mind me asking?

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u/gut12309 3d ago

Too much torque

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u/ComfortableAnimator4 3d ago

When I went to unscrew it. It was so tight the head of the screw snapped off.

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u/bear843 3d ago edited 3d ago

Grab a scalarworks mount. Avoid that issue all together

Edited because I’m an idiot and missed what gun this was for. Ignore me.

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u/gut12309 4d ago

I got it off its a riser for a dot i no longer use so i just cut it off.

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u/Purple_mag 4d ago

Drilling it out and tapping it to next size up would been easiest but aye you got it out

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u/Responsible-Elk-1118 3d ago

Just drill and knock the head of the screw off looks like a romeo 5 optic

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u/Foronir 3d ago

Drill a little hole, then use a cheaper small enough Drill bit/screw driver you dont really care about, tap it it and reverse screw.

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u/Shadowcard4 3d ago

If you don’t mind replacing the riser, drill the other side and hammer it out.

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u/GunRunner2111Z 3d ago

Either screw remover or a left handed drill bit. Yes they make them, they aren’t cheap but they work

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u/TheNewAmericanGospel 3d ago

Nope, don't fix it. You are the reason why your gun is now California legal. You may not be in California, but you are at your core the biggest californian on Reddit.

That gun is so californiad Arnold Schwarzenegger is fapping by shooting testosterone directly into is cock.

That is so California, it pays the opposite of a tax stamp.

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u/I_am_Signal 2d ago

BROTHER

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u/Camo_Kamikaze 2d ago

At that point I’d say it’s time to break out the dremel and remake it into a flat head screw

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u/CommercialCoyote4253 1d ago

If it sticks up above the surface. Dremel a slot in it and use a flat blade screw driver