****HELP***** Probably a stupid mistake, or is it? I'm feeling pretty sick about it.

[UltraMax]

Laying down my pride right here for some answers. Save the "you're an idiot" comments because I feel like one.

I acquired a Remington 700 in 6.5x55. When I went to mount the front scope base I gave the front most screw a little too much torque and sheared it (it bottomed out). The screw broke off about 1/16 of an inch up and not flush. I tried backing it out with vise grips and also tried to grind a groove in it to back it out with a flat head precision screwdriver to no avail. So now there was a jagged 1/32 to 1/16 screw sticking out of the top.

I have read before that people have epoxied the scope bases down with any luck.

So, in haste, I mixed a little JB Weld and applied it to the underside of the base and then put the base on the rifle. Remember the jagged front screw was not ground down flush, it's still there. The rear screw was fine and I used loctite when screwing the back screw in. The JB Weld oozed from the sides and I wiped it clean with a q-tip.

So here's the questions I have; have I totally screwed up? Will the scope base hold while being screwed down with one screw with loctite and the front screw jagged and The whole base JB Welded down?

Remember we are talking a 6.5x55 and not a magnum.

Please, your opinions are wanted.

I'll post pics in the next post via crapatalk.

[UltraMax]

[EdO]

It really should not be a problem to get that screw out. It's probably best if you took it to a gunsmith or a good machine shop. They can center drill the screw and use an "easy out" to back it out. There's actually a tool/tools for doing just that.

[jefandaward]

It really should not be a problem to get that screw out. It's probably best if you took it to a gunsmith or a good machine shop. They can center drill the screw and use an "easy out" to back it out. There's actually a tool/tools for doing just that.

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[txpitdog]

Don't worry, it's fixable...by a gunsmith. At the very worst, the gunsmith might have to drill and tap a slightly larger hole for the next size screw, and maybe reblue the area that had JB Wed, but at the end of the fix, you'll never be able to tell anything was ever wrong.

If it makes you feel any better I tried slugging the barrel on my Ruger Super Redhawk with a hardcast slug. Had to tuck my tail and send the gun back to Ruger for a rebarrel.

[SaltwaterSlick]

Well, when you twist the ring into it, if it holds, i'd say you should be good. Personally, I would not have use the glue down method, but since you have, you might as well give it a whirl.

[Frankie]

A left handed drill bit will get it out.

I would not leave it like that.

[Texashunt9]

Take it to a good gunsmith you trust and you should be fine.

[TXHunter12]

Your local hardware store will have something to get it out.

Here is a trick that works sometimes.
Put the gun in a vise.
Take a drill and put a very small diameter bit.
Put the drill in reverse. Place the tip on the screw. Put pressure down as going counter clockwise and spin the drill tip in a circle counterclockwise.

As far as your question I would be worried over time it will fail and you will never know when. No way to know for sure.

[Budman68]

Gunsmith. Small drill bit and ez-out.

[UltraMax]

Do y'all have any idea what all that would cost? Ballpark?

[Coach W]

Lol. You messed up and went down the road of quickly thought up and acted upon actions... I call it the OS slip, into panick mode. One bad idea leads to the other and with each bad idea you feel like you need to fix it faster instead of setting it down, stepping back and really accessing the situation. I've been there man. We all have once or twice. I now have to tell myself to stop and develop a good plan.

A good plan in my opinion is to stop what you are doing and fix the problem. Take the base off, clean the mess up you've made and then get that screw out. If there's some still sticking up you can hit it in the right direction with a punch or small screwdriver. Or simply take it to a smith, have him drill it to get it out. (couple different methods they can use... You could to if you had a good press and vise).

After all is fixed and well, get a torque wrench and use it.

[Coach W]

As far as price... Shouldn't be too much. But some smiths will try to hose you. Call around and see. 15-35 bucks would be ok... But much more than that I can't see paying.

[UltraMax]

Lol. You messed up and went down the road of quickly thought up and acted upon actions... I call it the OS slip, into panick mode. One bad idea leads to the other and with each bad idea you feel like you need to fix it faster instead of setting it down, stepping back and really accessing the situation. I've been there man. We all have once or twice. I now have to tell myself to stop and develop a good plan.

A good plan in my opinion is to stop what you are doing and fix the problem. Take the base off, clean the mess up you've made and then get that screw out. If there's some still sticking up you can hit it in the right direction with a punch or small screwdriver. Or simply take it to a smith, have him drill it to get it out. (couple different methods they can use... You could to if you had a good press and vise).

After all is fixed and well, get a torque wrench and use it.

Yeah I think I'll try and get it off in the morning and then take it to the smith to back the screw out.

The screw is bottomed out so I think it'll have to be drilled out.

[TXHunter12]

Lol. You messed up and went down the road of quickly thought up and acted upon actions... I call it the OS slip, into panick mode. One bad idea leads to the other and with each bad idea you feel like you need to fix it faster instead of setting it down, stepping back and really accessing the situation. I've been there man. We all have once or twice. I now have to tell myself to stop and develop a good plan.

A good plan in my opinion is to stop what you are doing and fix the problem. Take the base off, clean the mess up you've made and then get that screw out. If there's some still sticking up you can hit it in the right direction with a punch or small screwdriver. Or simply take it to a smith, have him drill it to get it out. (couple different methods they can use... You could to if you had a good press and vise).

After all is fixed and well, get a torque wrench and use it.

Torque wrenches is a great idea! Yes I'm the guy too that is always wanting to take that one last turn to make sure its tight enough