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Should the use of red loctite on scope mounts be a punishable offense? Bought a sweet little Ruger 257 Roberts the other day only to find the rings were cemented in place with red loctite. I wish I could count the number or times I have seen this over the years. Rant over.
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Seems some on here have recommended a soldering iron to heat the screws.
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Red Loctite adds a new meaning to set and forget.
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Seems some on here have recommended a soldering iron to heat the screws. Works well.
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Red Loctite adds a new meaning to set and forget.
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🦫 Red is one step below cross threading. 😂🤣 #driveithome
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My gunsmith chewed my ass for using blue lock tite on rings and base screws. Stopped using it many years ago and have had zero loose scope issues.
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+1 on heat. Loosens it right up.
I use some type of thread locking agent on rings and mounts. Can easily see if something moves. Keeps mother nature's thread locker from setting in. Easy enough to undo with heat.
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Red loctite isn't a big deal with a little heat...
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I read the mention of purple LT a lot lately.
Is that milder than blue? In between blue or red?
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Should the use of red loctite on scope mounts be a punishable offense? Bought a sweet little Ruger 257 Roberts the other day only to find the rings were cemented in place with red loctite. I wish I could count the number or times I have seen this over the years. Rant over. Hanging offense...and should be preceded by copious amounts of torture.
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Well give me another day or so to get over the
doctor's office draining me of most of my blood
before yall come to hang me.
I'd use JB Weld or similar on every screw on the
gun if I knew for sure it'd never have to come
apart. I like all my put-together things to stay
put-together at all times and especially for me to
be able to pick up a firearm at any given time and
put it into position and reliably fire, and not have
to think about checking for loose anything, or to
have a loose something cost me a shot
I have had optics and other screws and pins come
loose in the field, and I'll always do whatever I
can to prevent it from ever happening again
Nobody has to use any kind of thread locker if
they don't want to. I won't object
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Red Loctite adds a new meaning to set and forget.
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I read the mention of purple LT a lot lately.
Is that milder than blue? In between blue or red? I’ve been using purple on my base screws for quite some time. Nothing on the rings.
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Red base and blue rings here.
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My gunsmith chewed my ass for using blue lock tite on rings and base screws. Stopped using it many years ago and have had zero loose scope issues. Why in the world would anyone do that? I degrease and use blue locktite on all my bases and never have an issue. What’s purple locktite? Never seen it...
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I might use red on bases, on rings I just de grease the screws and hole threads.
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