Loctite on action screws

[ttfreestyle]

Just curious, does anyone use any type of thread adhesive on their action screws(mild removal kind of course)?

 

[DickE]

No, never. Many times when I clean a rifle, I take the barreled action out of the stock. Any oil, solvent, what have you, may seep beneath the metal. I clean this up and apply a very light coat of oil to prevent rust from forming, especially the underside of the barrel/forearm area.
These screws need to be clean of any chemicals.

 

[Lapua40X]

No, I never use any thread locker on any gun parts. I have never had an action screw, scope base or ring attachment screw come lose. Properly torqued screws should remain tight without it.

 

[ttfreestyle]

Reason for asking , I have a friend that has a Remington in a Bell and Carlson medalist with alum bedding block that keeps coming loose. He is torqueing the action screws at 45 inch pounds.

 

[BigDMT]

Reason for asking , I have a friend that has a Remington in a Bell and Carlson medalist with alum bedding block that keeps coming loose. He is torqueing the action screws at 45 inch pounds.

Is the stock bedded? Because if its moving around under recoil, it can knock stuff loose.

 

[ttfreestyle]

That's his next move.

 

[BigDMT]

That's his next move.

Thats also his problem with the action screws coming loose

 

[jonbearman]

45 inch pounds is too loose. I know that hs precision says 65 inch pounds in an aluminum block and I do the same in my bell and carlsons.Never had one come loose yet.

 

[BigDMT]

45 inch pounds is too loose. I know that hs precision says 65 inch pounds in an aluminum block and I do the same in my bell and carlsons.Never had one come loose yet.

That depends on the action Jon. Not all are torqued the same. Especially if they have 3 action screws

 

[ttfreestyle]

He is going to get it bedded this week and we will play with the torque. I have a Savage in a medalist that is skim bedded and torque is 45 on the front and 35 on rear screw and have never had a problem in couple thousand rounds. That is the torque it shoots best at . We will try more on his.

 

[p-man]

Rules of thumb or standards that I use:

1) Wood, Fiberglass or Synthetic stock without bedding pillars: front 40 inch-lbs, rear 25-30 inch-lbs.
2) Wood, Fiberglass or Synthetic stock with bedding pillars: front up to 65 inch-lbs, rear up to 45 inch-lbs.
3) Hard-use service-type rifles in synthetic with pillars up to 65 inch-lbs, both.
4) On rifles with three guard screws, for the middle screw, I use a maximum of 25 inch-lbs but never more than 10 inch-lbs less than the rear torque setting used.
5) I use mid-grade thread locker/adhesive on all action screws tightened to 25 inch-lbs or less.

This may seem conservative to some but has served me well - as stiff as synthetics are, when only skim-bedded - especially without pillars - it is easy to induce warp-stress in the stock and defeat the purpose of having a solid, stress-free cradle for the receiver - when I have a bedded rifle that doesn't perform with any loading, then I will start over by reducing torque settings by 25% and work my way up in 2-3 inch-lb increments. For what its worth

 

[StevenDzupin]

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Regards,

Steve