It didn't work.
Turned the rifle right way up and squirted around the screw heads. Left it overnight.
This morning the screws still would not turn. Desperation grew and I dripped acetone around the heads. Still no workee. Dripped more acetone. They were still as tight as a fishes.
So I resorted to violence and placing a brass drift on top of a head, I rapped twice with a plastic hammer. After straining on the allen key, I was rewarded with a "Crack" but then, no more. Nevertheless, I was encouraged and after two repeats it was free. There was no oil on the screw threads.
I moved to a screw on the front rings and it was ExcrooshiNatingly Tight. Sighing, I picked up the soldering iron and went to make the bed while it heated. On returning, the tip was held against the lower half where the thread was for one minute.
No Dice.
Went for the hammer again and the screw creaked.
ditto repeato and the screw was on its way out. This thread did have oil on it. The other two screws, which previously were as tight as those that I told you about, were loose! The threads of the screws that were removed completely looked quite OK. The rings are alloy and I wondered about Galvanic Corrosion without really knowing anything about it.
In future, should the threads be coated with Copper Paste?
What do you reckon?
