Greetings, today I was installing new bases / rings on a used mod 70 that I obtained. I noticed that one of the screws for the rear base - felt as thought it would've stripped if I would've tried to over tighten it. Not sure how else to describe it.

That led me to thinking, what could be done if the hole does strip?

I can only think of filling the hole and drilling and tapping new threads. Are there any other solutions?

Thanks.

gundog