un peening?? a screw?

[JHC II]

Never had anything peened before excuse the spelling, I have to take my scope out of bracket a No 4 Mk T for servicing what do I have to do? This is not not somthing I can afford to screw up. Thanks much

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[Badger]

Hmmmmm...


To be honest, I've never had to remove any of my No.32 scopes from their brackets for servicing, when 've sent them to Peter Laidler in the UK? You sure you need to do it?

Regards,
Badger

[tiriaq]

I've never worked on a situation that sensitive, but what I have done is to grind a little cold chisel to fit the screw slot, and use that to tap the displaced metal back where it came from. Chips of the displaced metal can be dislodged. It may not be possible to retsore the spot perfectly when reassembling. Unless the clamps absolutely must be opened, I would second the suggestion of leaving the rings in place. If an armourer had to do the work, he would likely use new screws, and restake. You often see this on king screws, with evidence or repeated staking.

[Claven2]

Agreed. The bracket can be left on while serviced. Why remove it?

[sdh1911]

This might sound incredibly stupid, but, if you have to remove a screw on any valuable firearm, you must use the proper screwdrivers. Standard gunsmith style are the bare minimum. Quite sometime back I made a major investment and bought smith drivers made in England. I would not touch an gun of significant value without them. Hold them straight, tight and around 0.010" undersized, but, to be quite honest, I'm with Claven2 unless it's broke you shouldn't remove it-HTH-SDH