Broken drill bit removal in rifle stock

[elkantlers]

 

[buckbull]

It you can drill another hole and the broken bit would be covered up id just leave it.

 

[huntin24/7]

Thanks guys. I think I’ll either try the jb weld trick or just cover it up and move the riser a short distance to drill again.

 

[Arcola]

Thanks guys. I think I’ll either try the jb weld trick or just cover it up and move the riser a short distance to drill again.

Just a thought here. Is it possible that you hit some metal inside the stock, which caused that bit to break? Food for thought if you’re drilling another hole.

 

[huntin24/7]

Just a thought here. Is it possible that you hit some metal inside the stock, which caused that bit to break? Food for thought if you’re drilling another hole.

I don’t think so. It was right at the very end of drilling it, and i didn’t feel anything.

 

[elkantlers]

Can you drill to it from the opposite side and then pop it out with a rod?

 

[Arcola]

Can you drill to it from the opposite side and then pop it out with a rod?

Good luck lining that up! Don’t mean to come off like a jerk, but I can’t even imagine what it would take to line that up on a rifle stock. I’d personally be hard pressed to do that on a 2x4 with a drill press.

 

[Sytes]

If you go the JB weld route, maybe take a finer point punch and see if you can slap a slight dent into the top of the bit. May help the JB weld attach better.

 

[grizzly63]

You could also take a small pin punch and line up with a groove in the bit to try to tap it counterclockwise which may make it free up and move backwards. Just do not get too carried away with the tapping. It obviously caught on something to make it break unless you got unlucky and got a shitty bit. Good luck.

 

[Mallardsx2]

Plasma cutter. For sure.

 

[Laelkhunter]

Use a pin punch to drive it in another 1/8", then fill the hole up with filler. Touch up paint to finish it. Probably be undetectable after. Drill the needed hole for riser in a different spot with a quality drill bit so you don't have a dejavu. Good luck !! Pics before and after to let us know how it turns out.

 

[Scott85]

Send it to @p_ham to fix it.

 

[rjthehunter]

Plasma cutter. For sure.

"Can't be stuck if it's liquid!"

 

[Sytes]

Feel as though I'm following a live HT hunt! Haha!

What did you do and how's it going?

 

[Sheltowee]

Feel as though I'm following a live HT hunt! Haha!

What did you do and how's it going?

Man, I've got to know how this ended. I'm hoping some sort of rare earth magnets were involved.

 

[huntin24/7]

Feel as though I'm following a live HT hunt! Haha!

What did you do and how's it going?

I ended up just covering it for now and drilled new holes and got the riser on. I’ll probably end up eventually just using a punch to push in just a bit farther and then fill in and paint over. Can’t see it anyways under the riser.

 

[Arcola]

Man, I've got to know how this ended. I'm hoping some sort of rare earth magnets were involved.

I was going to suggest a garage built electromagnet, but thought maybe that was getting too far into the weeds.

 

[cgasner1]

I ended up just covering it for now and drilled new holes and got the riser on. I’ll probably end up eventually just using a punch to push in just a bit farther and then fill in and paint over. Can’t see it anyways under the riser.

Could cut it down to a pistol grip

 

[huntin24/7]

Could cut it down to a pistol grip

Haha. The stock is already short enough my small 9 year old daughter can shoot it.

 

[cgasner1]

Haha. The stock is already short enough my small 9 year old daughter can shoot it.

Ya but it’ll be that much easier for her to stick it out the window