So I ordered a new one-piece mount for my Tikka T3, and it arrived today. I am not the most mechanically gifted person, so even something that seems as simple as installing a new scope mount is pretty daunting to me.

 

So I unwrap the mount, line it up with the top of the receiver, and it looks like everything is gonna fit, but there's one problem. There are 4 screws on top of the receiver that I'll obviously have to take out in order to be able to screw the mount in. They are extremely small, not something that I can just unscrew with a normal screwdriver. I looked around the house and found the smallest screwdriver I could, but when I went to try to unscrew them, I realized that these screws appear to be PLASTIC, not metal.

 

Below is a picture of two of the screws. There are two more on the front end of the receiver. You can see I actually chewed one of them up a little bit trying to get the screwdriver to fit in. Does anyone know or have an idea as to how to remove these plastic screws so I can screw in the mount for my scope? Maybe this is the easiest thing in the world, but as I said before, I'm about the farthest thing from a handyman, so any advice would be appreciated.

 

You simply need a small screwdriver. One that is slightly too large at a 45 degree angle may work as well since they shouldnt be tight and wont need to go back in, but be carefull, you dont want to screw up the slot.

Eyeglass repair kit or computer repair kit type of screw drivers should do it, they should be $5-10 at pretty much every drug store, food store, electronics store.

go to home depot or lowes. Look for their interchangeable bit micro drivers (they both had the same model which is also sold elsewhere last time I was there, 3 bits in the handle while one is in the driver type of deal)). The interchangeable bits are hollow ground which is what you want for flat head gun screws, not flat gorun like most cheap screw drivers.

You likely need a driver with a hollow ground tip. This is the type normally needed for firearms work.