C96 Stock repair ?

alvin · 08-04-2017, 02:13 PM

The trouble is cost. If don't count cost, drill a bigger hole on iron to take those screw off. Fill the hole by TIG, machining the weld into shape, recreate the hole and screw threads on the iron. Reapply fire blue on it, it will look brand new.

But what's the cost of doing this way.. the result value definitely won't cover that cost. So, no. If this damaged screw was just not pretty, I would say just leave it alone.

gunbugs · 08-05-2017, 01:42 AM

Besides all this,what I usually do in this situation, (not my first rodeo), is chuck up a carbide dental burr in the dremel, spin it as fast as it will go, and "paint" a new slot in the exposed end of the screw, then just use a flat bladed screwdriver to spin it out. Usually by doing this, it releases any existing crush, or tension on the threads, and the screw spins right out. I get broken scope mount screws in the shop pretty regularly. I'm sure this is bigger than the 6x48 mount screws I usually deal with, and therefore, probably easier to take care of. But, as I tell my customers, "minor miracles on a daily basis".

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08-04-2017, 02:13 PM	#1
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	The trouble is cost. If don't count cost, drill a bigger hole on iron to take those screw off. Fill the hole by TIG, machining the weld into shape, recreate the hole and screw threads on the iron. Reapply fire blue on it, it will look brand new. But what's the cost of doing this way.. the result value definitely won't cover that cost. So, no. If this damaged screw was just not pretty, I would say just leave it alone.

08-05-2017, 01:42 AM	#2
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 672 Thanks: 371 Thanked 1,202 Times in 407 Posts	Besides all this,what I usually do in this situation, (not my first rodeo), is chuck up a carbide dental burr in the dremel, spin it as fast as it will go, and "paint" a new slot in the exposed end of the screw, then just use a flat bladed screwdriver to spin it out. Usually by doing this, it releases any existing crush, or tension on the threads, and the screw spins right out. I get broken scope mount screws in the shop pretty regularly. I'm sure this is bigger than the 6x48 mount screws I usually deal with, and therefore, probably easier to take care of. But, as I tell my customers, "minor miracles on a daily basis".