Stripped Screws

[PigBoy Crabshaw]

I was doing some prep work and reinstalling the factory base scope plate back on my 308 Ultra. To my suprise two of the three stripped very easily. I was careful to soak and remove anything on the threads and inside the holes.
Drilled the screw heads out after looking at the FAQ on the subject. Turned them out before the loctite dried with some vice grips.
I dropped the one good screw in all three holes on the plate and it sits the same in all of them so I think the plate will still work.
I've ordered up some from Brownell's screws at Quick input in the FAQ's. Maybe replacing them with a T-10 screw will help. For the life of me, I don't know how I did this. 
I thought I was in practice after removing, cleaning, and remounting a new scope on my new 357 last weekend. I didn't even one beer! Maybe I should wait on doing the trigger job for awhile.
-gary

[quickdtoo]

You mean the heads stripped, not the threads, right? That's real common and why I don't use the factory screws, I heat the old screws with a micro torch, then drive a t-10 torx driver into them then use a vice grip on the torx drive shaft to remove the screws, otherwise they just strip out the sockets. 

Tim

[PigBoy Crabshaw]

Yes, The heads stripped. The funny thing is that I was no where near being tight with the fat wrench. Pot metal?
I did take your advise Tim a year or so back and pick up some 6-32 x 1" socket head cap screws for swapping out the Zee ring bases.
-g

[quickdtoo]

Factory screws are cheap metal, a t-10 torx works better in them than an allen wrench.

Tim

[cwlongshot]

Gary,
 Do you have a drill press? If no you can do it with a hand drill, but go slow and careful...

Get the barrel lug in a vice and make it level. Drill the offending screw 9s0 out so the head is gone.



Then remove the base and grab your dremel tool and a thin cutting disc. Cut a slot in the center of the "stud" that's left from the stuck screw.



Using a screw driver, turn the stud out. Usually all the drilling supplies enough heat to loosen what even was holding the screw anyhow.



DONE!!

[PigBoy Crabshaw]

Thanks CW, I was checking out all of your information inthe FAQ's.
I was able to get the screws heads drilled out and twisted out . -g