Melting nail polish?

[mullet]

Methyl Ethyl Ketone should do the trick, also. You can get it where ever they sell Fibreglass.

[sleek]

MEK works also. Probably easier to acquire, but not as good as MPK.

[JoJoDapyro]

The local ace hardware here has both mek and mpk.

[sleek]

Wow thats awesome!  Im gonna check mine.

[Mo_coon-catcher]

I'll have to see if I can find those stronger solvents and see if they will do the trick. If not then the smith I'm going to have do th work said it would take him about 20 min to remove them and drill them out to the next size larger. So think it's worth removing them myself or just let him handle it, since it's not a big deal to get the screws out until the barrel goes on any way.
 So what do you think? Keep playing with it or just let him handle it?

Kyle

[adb]

My gunsmith charges $20/hr if I bring him work. He charges $50/hr if I bring him work I've attempted first.

[DLH]

Could you heat it up then try to cool with dry ice. Expanding the area around and shrinking the other part. Getting dry ice might be too much of a pain though

[caveman2533]

why would he drill them to the next size larger? He should be able to drill them out and re-tap the same hole. I have done that many times.

[Mo_coon-catcher]

It doesn't bother me that he wants to go to the next size larger since I need new screws anyway at this point. But as soon as I mentioned I planned to shoot 200gr bullets at over 2700 fps without a break,  he wanted to just for a little extra assurance. Though for the cartridge to do that it needs a 30+" barrel. Which is going to weigh 8-9 lbs on its own. So it shouldn't have much recoil anyway. But might as well let him do it at this point.

Kyle

[Marc St Louis]

I was going to suggest a soldering gun with small tip