Thread: Remove loctite-fastened howa superlite rail?

My new howa has a rail that seemingly can't be removed. I've left it at hunting and fishing to see what they can do this week. They already broke an Allen key trying while I was there...
Do they have to be drilled out by a locksmith?

Try some heat on it?

Use a bit and small socket wrench and give the bit a short sharp smack with a hammer before trying to loosen

Get it back off them, if they are breaking Allen keys they are fucking the head and obviously have little idea of what they are doing. Find someone competent, like a gunsmith if you are unable to do it yourself.

Bloody annoying

Hot air gun
Can't get the metal hot enough to damage the finish
Or sit a Cloths iron on the rail and wait

Fit a ring to the rail for some leverage

Put a few drops of acetone on the top, leave a few minutes and repeat a few more times. I did the same thing a couple of weeks ago and it worked well.

Originally Posted by garyp

Put a few drops of acetone on the top, leave a few minutes and repeat a few more times. I did the same thing a couple of weeks ago and it worked well.

This^. Even your wife/daughter/sister’s nail polish remover will do the job.

50/50 kero and atf fluid. get metal hot and put a drop on for 1/2 hour

If using heat, use one of those 10 dollar Infra red thermometer guns to help you keep the temp below 200 degrees. Someone had used super stud loc on my 10/22 rail and 180 degrees didn't do it but 195 degrees did.

Yeah as stated, bit of heat will do the trick, just remember to take the action outta the stock


Worst thing about the Howa Super is that super shit looking rail

Rails give me the heebie jeebies I took mine off before I even got it home. Can't remember mine being difficult to remove though

If red locker had been used (they shouldn't have for that application), here is the manufacturers' recommendations for their red product.
https://www.henkel-adhesives.com/us/...eadlocker.html

Just hold fine (Hot) electrical soldering iron on the screw head for 30 seconds then undo

My guess is they were using an Allen key insert that you would fit to those hex screwdrivers. They can be brittle.
I've broken a small torx before trying to get a rounded cap screw before.
Proper Allan keys just either round off them selves or the screw/bolt.
As has mentioned heat is the key.
Soldering iron or even possibly heat up a small diameter of welding rod with a gas torch then hold it on the screws.
Get a good new proper Alan wrench/key and have at it