Use a torque driver and torque the base screws to no more than 25 inch-lbs. That's not a lot of torque and is far from "farmer tight". I set my driver at 24 and have never had any problems with the Talley base screws. If you use Loctite, stick with the blue and don't coat the threads--just dab a little under the head of the screw so that the head is gripped by the base hole.
