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TX, USA
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Posted: 12/30/2023 3:36:29 PM EDT
Bought my wife a S&W Shield Plus today. Got it home, cleaned it and was going to install the optic. S&W obviously employs lumberjacks to install the screws into the optic plate cover. Had a good, tight fit on the hex screw...but no budgie. Heads now stripped. Suggestions??? I don't want to proceed any further without some good ideas as I don't want to make matters worse.
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NC, USA
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Posted: 12/30/2023 5:14:13 PM EDT
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Heat. They are put in with blue.
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Posted: 12/30/2023 6:50:24 PM EDT
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Get the correct size drill bit and screw extractor. Drill, get the extractor started, apply heat to the head of the screw with a high wattage soldering iron to melt the thread locker, extract.
BTDT 
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TX, USA
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Posted: 12/31/2023 12:49:36 AM EDT
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Thanks guys. Got the screws out. Used a heat gun to heat the screws, tapped the hex bit in with a brass gunsmithing hammer. Pushed down hard with the driver handle while turning and broke them loose. Screws had yellow loctite on them. Plate was made of plastic.
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