stripped breech screw

[mcc1961]

What is the easiest way to get a stripped breech screw out with a hand drill?

[1377x]

is this a trick question?
im guessing a drill bit close to the screw size
if you have a precision(eye glass)screwdriver set
try compressing the breech down and use a screw driver that will fit the screw tightly.its the only way i get the horrible stripped breech screw out

[mcc1961]

I have seen something called an easyout will it work?

[1377x]

never used one
i stripped a breech screw before and used an eye-glass screwdriver to remove it.found the size that fit in the stripped hole,pressed down hard and reversed it out.then i took a dremel and cut a slot in it worked great until i got some accustoms screws.too bad he shut his site down

[mcc1961]

Will a 1/8" screw extractor work on the breech screw?

[1377x]

never had any luck with screw extractors myself
how bad is it stripped?
have you searched stripped breech screw from the main board page?

[Crosshairs]

A easy out will work fine but you will need a real small drill bit also if you can file down the head of the screw you can turn the screw into the tube instead of backing it out.
                    Mike

[slothart]

I've tried both methods.  For me, just drilling the head off the screw was the easiest.  The screw extractor I tried just would not bite on that tiny screw head.

[mcc1961]

I took it to a friend of mine and he got it out with a screw extractor in about 5 minutes.