I did that pulling when trying to install a scope base on a 10/22: the plug screw didn’t want to come out of the receiver, and more pressure didn’t help it move, just made it fall apart in there.
Upside was I got to completely strip a 10/22 for the first time ever and send the receiver to Ruger. Who pulled the screw, and refinished the receiver while they were at it (very much a needed thing on that old rifle), and I paid only the shipping to them.