Be careful when using the drill press. Even when turning the chuck by hand you can apply too much torque!If you have a drill press and the correct vises, you can use it manually to turn the screw with the bit in the chuck. Impact screwdrivers are kind of the last resort before drilling and due to close fitting of revolvers, I would not personally use on on it. Use the drill press trick first if you have tried all others. Be prepared to get a new screw in any case.
Last ditch involves drilling plus some other rather distasteful methods that can go South quickly if you are not careful or do not have the right tools. I would go to a gunsmith before doing that unless you are willing to risk a screwup.
Be careful when using the drill press. Even when turning the chuck by hand you can apply too much torque!
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During install, the screw was likely over-torqued at the factory. I'd let Taurus fix their mistakes.i need a good, small impact screwdriver for just here and there work on frozen gun screws. Currently I have a frozen
Side plate screw on a blued Taurus 85 that holds the cylinder in place. The revolver is mint, but I guess locktite was in use several years ago as just that one plate screw will not budge; the others came out fine. Minor Heat, soaking for hours with oil, Gunsmithing bits and screwdrivers have had zero effect and the slot is starting to deform a hair. Before it gets messed up I thought about a small impact driver to break it loose. Suggestions on one that will hold up to some occasional use please? Anything you have done to unlock that cylinder retention screw I haven’t tried yet would be greatly appreciated as well, thanks .