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Stripped Screw Holes in 10/22 Receiver

Wallace-N-Gromit
I have an old Ruger 10/22 with some stripped scope mounting holes in the aluminum receiver. How would you repair that? Is welding the only way? Any opinion of JB Weld?

Would not want to replace the receiver for this. Have thought of just adding another screw hole behind the one that's still good. Not my favorite solution either.

No hurry, thinking about it.
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  • Nwcid
    Drill and tap the next size bigger. If you looks there should be some info online for doing that.
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  • 41 nut
    Brownell's have oversize 6X48 screws and an oversize tap to match for just such repairs. Screws are slightly larger than a #6 screw and all you have to do is run the tap in the stripped out hole making new threads.
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  • Gaius Caesar
    How about a threaded insert?
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  • andrewsw16
    Probably too small for any kind of insert. The best solution is just to tap one size larger. It will look and function good as new. [:D] There is nothing sacred about the original size hole. This one will be only a few thousandths bigger. No one will be able to tell.
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  • lee sherman
    Next size up for sure. The painless way out!! Lee[:D]
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  • Emmett Dunham
    I would try to find someone that carries Heli Coils, find out the thread size and search on line for the ne you need.

    Emmett
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  • BHAVIN
    Like it was said above. Go to the next size up. Brownells has what you need. The 10-22 receiver is aluminum and the scope mount holes strip out very easily.
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  • wpage
    Next size up is best. Be certain to not go with fasteners that are too long and will interfere with the operation of the action.
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  • tsr1965
    The next industry standard size up for scope mounting, would be the 8x40 thread. I have had to do this on a couple remington 742 recievers, as the bases for them are getting scarce. Just go slow, and take your time, and do not rush. Remember when mounting your base, not to go more than 30 inch pounds of torque on your fasteners. If you don't have an inch-pound torque wrench, get one...you can use it for torquing the scope ring cap screws too.

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  • Wallace-N-Gromit
    Soooo .... no to JB Weld eh? [:p]

    Thanks guys, will look into those other ideas.

    But my JB Weld is gonna' be soooo pissed to be left out of the fun [:(]
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  • tsr1965
    quote:Originally posted by Wallace-N-Gromit
    Soooo .... no to JB Weld eh? [:p]

    Thanks guys, will look into those other ideas.

    But my JB Weld is gonna' be soooo pissed to be left out of the fun [:(]


    Absolutely do NOT use J-B Weld. That is false advertising about fixing screw holes. You would just end up digging it out anyway.

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