Gunsmith help in Tulsa area

[CastleB]

I purchased a used M&P C.O.R.E. When I tried to get the cover off of the slide to install red dot, one of the screws was stripped out.
I tried an easy-out to no avail. Used a left hand drill bit and ended up drilling the whole damn head off pretty flush with the slide. (I know, I know....... I should have sought assistance before I got that far).

Question I have now is where is a gunsmith in Tulsa that can help me out? And how much will it cost me? I agree there is an increase price usually associated as "Stupid Charges".

 

[Shootin 4 Fun]

Call S&W and ask for help.

 

[tomthebaker]

You can try MacKools or Sports World.

 

[doctorjj]

Send it in is prob best bet but sometimes that takes forever. I would center punch the screw then take a tiny left handed drill bit, smaller than the core diameter of the screw, and drill it after I hit it with a jewlers torch. It will spin it out.

 

[CastleB]

Send it in is prob best bet but sometimes that takes forever. I would center punch the screw then take a tiny left handed drill bit, smaller than the core diameter of the screw, and drill it after I hit it with a jewlers torch. It will spin it out.

Well it was time to nut up or shut up! Center drilled screw with tiny #60 bit, used de-burring tool and within a couple of swipes the screw finally started coming out.

 

[CastleB]

All good now. Viper is mounted and sighted in this afternoon!!!
Thanks guys for all of your help!

 

[beastep]

Looks good as well.

 

[CastleB]

Thank You! Now the learning curve begins.
I shot it yesterday for the first time. Wow ..... This is going to take some practice. But, I like it!

 

[beastep]

The dots do take some getting used to.

 

[CastleB]

Accuracy was great when I was shooting slow! When I tried to run with a timer, it went to HELL! I took a while to try to find the dot. LOL