Side Effect of Cleaning -- Scope Rail Attachment

[moorepower]

I use blue thread locker and have never had screws come loose in over 40 years of shooting. I also use it under the mount or rail.

 

[cmysix]

I don't think the next size bigger screws can hurt.

 

[Dave M.]

Ive seen a few very nice actions hurt bad with guys putting red loctite on front base screws. Had a bat with the threads galled right out of it a few years ago when the barrel got locked up

Red loctite has NO PLACE in anyones reloading or general gunsmithing workshop. None.

 

[Dave M.]

I use blue thread locker and have never had screws come loose in over 40 years of shooting. I also use it under the mount or rail.

Exactly. And even then a little blue loctite goes a long way.
Dave

 

[jackieschmidt]

I don’t use anything. I have never had a scope rail or any othe mount come loose.

But then, the Rifles we shoot in competition don’t really have that much recoil.

 

[6.5 forever]

If your solvent worked its way up to the rail screws, your choice of solvent or frequency of cleaning isnt your problem

Dusty is right on here. I personally cannot understand how this happened to the OP.

 

[Bronsin]

I use a product called VC-3 Vibra Tite. You can get it from McMaster Carr. It's about $30 a bottle. Doesn't set up hard like Loctite. It's almost a kind of contact cement. Sets up gummy and absorbs vibration.

 

[Minshooter]

Pretty much agree about red Loctite, with an exception.
Replacing an original style staked 1911 front sight, some red in the tenon, and proper staking,
pretty much guarantees it will never come loose. Could probably tow your boat with it.
Sure, it should also stay without loctite. Belt and suspenders.

 

[6BRA]

Red loctite will come out as easy as blue loctite if you can apply heat.....that is the key...on 700 small screw bases..I have used. No issues.

 

[Rob01]

The problem isn’t what is used or not on the screws but that solvent is reaching any of them and it shouldn’t be. That is what needs to be fixed. Not which loctite.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

The problem isn’t what is used or not on the screws but that solvent is reaching any of them and it shouldn’t be. That is what needs to be fixed. Not which loctite.

Exactly. This is the takeaway here.

 

[moorepower]

Red loctite will come out as easy as blue loctite if you can apply heat.....that is the key...on 700 small screw bases..I have used. No issues.

holding a soldering iron on the screw is all it takes to release it.

 

[Clancy]

holding a soldering iron on the screw is all it takes to release it.

Beat me to it!

 

[Dave M.]

I don’t use anything. I have never had a scope rail or any othe mount come loose.

But then, the Rifles we shoot in competition don’t really have that much recoil.

I use a tiny drop of blue loctite on rail screws but that’s it.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Not only did it leak out of the barrel, it went up- both impossible with standard cleaning procedures. Lets not get too far off track