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On a recently acquired 1898 Winchester 1894 Rifle, good ol' bubba got to it and there are 2 screws one on each side of the receiver that would allow removal of the lever action are really screw up bad from bubba using the wrong type screw driver.

I am wondering if using carefully a ez-out tool for removing bad screws would be something worth taking a chance one ? I have access to the correct placement screws if I could get these out. Never had a screw
so badly deformed as these are in the past and never used an ez-out on firearm screws

Any insight or opinions would be greatly appreciated ...

Thanks for viewing ...

I have not used ez-out on a firearm. Have used on jukebox chassis with no material damage. Placed 2 layers of Duck tape. Took a flat piece of strong plastic to rub over the screw head leaving an indent around the screw head, then a hobby knife to cut around the screw head parameter before using the ez-out. Duck tape should keep the tool from sliding onto the receiver.

redryder wrote:I have not used ez-out on a firearm. Have used on jukebox chassis with no material damage. Placed 2 layers of Duck tape. Took a flat piece of strong plastic to rub over the screw head leaving an indent around the screw head, then a hobby knife to cut around the screw head parameter before using the ez-out. Duck tape should keep the tool from sliding onto the receiver.

Thanks Redryder for the info, I have never used an ez-out on a firearm either, which makes me a bit leary
in trying it. Least for now with the butt stock off I can open the action and do some flushing that way to help clear out the junk. Going to think more on using an ez-out for sure

Depending what screws they are sometimes you can back them out with a set of jewelers needle nose pliers from the inside enough to safely cut a new slot with a Dremel or finish turning them out with your vice grips once the head is no longer flush ......yeap getting them started coming out is the hard part good luck

When they're all buggered up like that it's often because someone used loctite on them. The good news is that loctite melts at about 225 degrees so a heat gun will get the job done. If the heads are really bad then a left-handed drill bit in a pin vise can sometimes grab them and they come out.