I really messed up and stripped the screw.

[Irishshooter]

I was removing the rear sight on my m&p 40 and while trying to remove the set screw I stripped it. I'm not the original owner of this gun and it has some aftermarket sights on it. When I tried to remove the screw with a 1/16 hex I thought it felt like it was turning but I was just rounding off the corners the end of the tool was covered with metal shavings.
What do I do now? I considered using a screw extractor but I don't want to damage the slide. Should I take it to a gun smith? And if so who is recommended on the west side of Indy?

 

[M67]

Any chance you have a spare/scrap torx bit that you can tap in there for extra leverage? That works every now and then.

You're in Avon, and I'm sure it wouldn't take AllenM very long to drill the thing out

 

[dprimm]

Allen at Diamond-Collision behind Lowe's is who I suggest you contact. PM him here or stop by and let the lady at the front desk know you are talking about guns.

 

[WebSnyper]

I'd recommend contacting Allen as well. If he is too busy currently, you might check with Bradis. While they don't have a gun smith onsite, they do have folks that are M&P Armorers, and they might have dealt with this in the past.

 

[AllenM]

I should be able to help with this

 

[USMC-Johnson]

its pretty easy with just a hand held drill. there is nothing critical underneath the set screw on those. Smith lately has been stripping them from the factory as well as putting red loctite in there. Unfortunately that means those of us that change sights regularly get pretty good at drilling them out.

 

[Gadgetmonster]

I should be able to help with this

You just could not say no could you. Lol.

 

[AllenM]

You just could not say no could you. Lol.

Actually kind of standing around today. But I am heading out to the 1500 now

 

[Irishshooter]

AllenM saves the day. He had the screw milled out and the sight off of the slide in 5 min. I followed his advice and heated the remainder of the screw up with a soldering iron and was able to get the pieces out and salvage the the threads.
Allen is the man.