[pumpmonkey1]

So, I picked up a DM5 recently and I have had no complaints with the marker. However, the previous owner evidently stripped out the eye cover plate screw. Now I can't remove the plate on one side and I have to clean the eye and detent from the breach. What should I do?

Also, the feed neck is on pretty tight and I can't get it off the marker. It is not the stock one and from what I can tell it is called a hybrid hedlock. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance guys.

[lpmaster]

You can try carefully super gluing a small Allen into the eye cover screw.

For the French it might be loctited in there just heat it up as hot as you can get it a hair dryer should work then use a strap wrench or worst case scenario, vice grips/wrench/vice using a leather belt or similar to protect the feedneck

[pumpmonkey1]

Originally Posted by lpmaster

You can try carefully super gluing a small Allen into the eye cover screw.

For the French it might be loctited in there just heat it up as hot as you can get it a hair dryer should work then use a strap wrench or worst case scenario, vice grips/wrench/vice using a leather belt or similar to protect the feedneck

Wow. That superglue trick is brilliant. Thank you so much.

As for the feedneck, I was afraid it might be loctite. However, I did not know it reacted to heat like that. I'll give it a try when I get back from the field tomorrow.

Thanks for the help.

Edit: do you know if the eye screw is the same as the newer DM's?

[speedy2k4]

PM'd you with some tips if you haven't got it yet.

[pumpmonkey1]

Originally Posted by speedy2k4

PM'd you with some tips if you haven't got it yet.

Pm'ed back.

[SPYDRMN22]

If you can't get it out the other option is drilling the eye screw hole bigger and use a extractor tool,but then the eye plate looks ugly but you get the cover off.