RPK Outer barrel broke screw.

[Forever_kaos]

So I have an RPK outer barrel.

I went to unscrew the front sight, the head of the screw snapped off.
Whatever, tried to drill it out. I got about half ways and then my drill bit broke.

Got a new bit, and now I've gotten no where. I've tried 7-8 different bits and nothing. I've leaned on the sucker for 2 minutes, and gotten no where.

It's stuck half way, I can still feel the smallest bit of the screw in the barrel.

The only thing I can think of is going to a machine shop of sorts, and see if they can do something.

Hoping ASC can provide a cheaper alternative as to what to do.
What do you guys suggest?

Cheers.

[Dart]

this is a long shot but some home hardware stores will sell a screw remover type tool. See if you can maybe find something like that. How ever I dunno if there will be enough of the screw left to use one.


I think its called a gator or something.

[Forever_kaos]

Yeah I have something like that, no luck at all, I got it too late.

Hammer and a punch maybe? lol

[Coma]

Tap a new hole right through the old screw?

[ThunderCactus]

LEFT HAND DRILLS
The drills you were using probably weren't even high carbon steel, drilling into a hard screw, you've heat hardened the screw by now.
Your only 2 real options are left hand drills or a carbide center drill lol

[cerealmaniac]

you can try heating up the outer barrel slowly.

[Forever_kaos]

Originally Posted by ThunderCactus

LEFT HAND DRILLS
The drills you were using probably weren't even high carbon steel, drilling into a hard screw, you've heat hardened the screw by now.
Your only 2 real options are left hand drills or a carbide center drill lol

After reading up on what those are, I think it might be the thing I am after. I'll look into it tomorrow and letcha know how it went! Thanks

Originally Posted by cerealmaniac

you can try heating up the outer barrel slowly.

Not sure what it would do?

[Amos]

If you can still see part of it, take a dremal, cut a slot and try to use a flat-head.

[Forever_kaos]

That's inside the barrel though, like if I look down the end of it, I can see a little nub remaining from the inside :P

Not unless you got a mouse size dremel I could borrow with a crazy shaped flat head? lmao

[Amos]

Did you take the inner barrel out yet?

At this point I would try a punch.. if it's just a bit left you may be able to knock it out, then re-tap it and put in a slightly larger screw.

[Forever_kaos]

Oh of course, I did not want to damage the hop up and inner barrel at all so that was the first thing to fly out hehe.

Alright, I'll try tthe punch and hammer idea tomorrow.
Yeehaa it's hammer time! lol

[Forever_kaos]

Okay just an update.

Tried hammering the hell out of it with a punch, not having a vice to hold it in really did not help.

Looked into those left hand drill bits, got one.
Was drilling away and the sucker broke. Out of sheer frustration I went back at it mad as hell not really thinking, and *POP*
The broken drill bit went through

Yeehaa, thanks gents.