Guys,
When you locktite your scope bases down, how long do you let the locktite cure before you put your optic on your gun?
I always just let it sit overnight and put the optic on then. Maybe longer than need be, but its what I have always done.
I mount it immediately. I want the loctite to keep the screws from backing out due to vibration from riding in a truck, shooting the gun, expansion and contraction from heating and cooling, etc. Mounting the scope should not cause any of that.
I mount the scope immediately and use loctite on the ring screws as well.
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Quote from: drenalinld on December 28, 2011, 08:53:51 PM
I mount it immediately. I want the loctite to keep the screws from backing out due to vibration from riding in a truck, shooting the gun, expansion and contraction from heating and cooling, etc. Mounting the scope should not cause any of that.
:agreed:
The only time I have ever had screws loosen/back out were on the rings. Scope was sliding forward and backward. A little loctite and problem was solved.
Just do not use the wrong locktite!
Quote from: MAGGUNS on January 14, 2012, 08:42:33 AM
Just do not use the wrong locktite!
I always use the blue, never the red.
Quote from: MAGGUNS on January 14, 2012, 08:42:33 AM
Just do not use the wrong locktite!
Amen. I've started using the purple loc-tite made specifically for small screws, works great.
you can use red, but you will have to use heat it to get it off
I heard rumor that chatterbox used some gorilla glue instead. :goofball: :TooFunny:
PURPLE is all I use .
Quote from: bird on February 01, 2012, 06:14:44 PM
I heard rumor that chatterbox used some gorilla glue instead. :goofball: :TooFunny:
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
Well, I know it will hold up, that's for sure!
I mount the optics immediately...and use the purple Loctite as well.
Quote from: chatterbox on January 14, 2012, 09:08:18 AM
Quote from: MAGGUNS on January 14, 2012, 08:42:33 AM
Just do not use the wrong locktite!
I always use the blue, never the red.
Used the red one time on a scope base. I want never make that mistake again.