Oh Boy....

Well my buddy and I were reassembling my 111XP to go off to the range and we over torqued the front action screw...

I mean its really tight...

Allen wrenches just spin..

The screw head didn't snap but it wants to strip, and the bolt cycles fine with a round..

what should I do?

Should I see how she shoots?

Don't sweat it, get yourself a Torx driver a number 27, and tap it in, the sharp edges will drive themselves into the striped corners of the fasteners, easy as pie remember now a #27 not #25 and not a #30 they are very common.

Dean

+1 on what Dean said. Same advice he gave me and have used it twice without a hitch!

Thanks a lot guys..

I guess selling tools for all those years did come in handy after all.

Dean

I wished I had read this last week, ended up grinding and drilling one out.

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Originally Posted by scope eye

Don't sweat it, get yourself a Torx driver a number 27, and tap it in, the sharp edges will drive themselves into the striped corners of the fasteners, easy as pie remember now a #27 not #25 and not a #30 they are very common.

Dean

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This what I did to get a stripped screw loose.

My question is, do you just replace it with a screw from the hardware store, or get replacements from Savage?

Hardware store will work. Might not have exact head as Savage. Might sit flush might not. I never worried about it til I did a build for someone else. Plan on doing some cutting and or grinding g. No big deal.

Ok. Thanks