Clear nail polish,used for decades,and that on all my rifles from 22 all the way up to 300 ultra mag.. Scopes sometime fail and you might want to replace without a bunch of hassle.
Posts: 22422 | Location: Georgia | Registered: February 19, 2007
What FireAway says. A older retired NCO I met at the Quantico gun club years ago advised this to be much better then loctite. More options,adjustable, and still solid as a rock. Do not get the tube. Get the 30 ml bottle.
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Posts: 7674 | Location: KCMO | Registered: August 31, 2002
I never use loctite on rings or bases. Never had aproblem except when I bought a rifle and scope and when I wanted to take the scope off, had to use a heat gun, then torch, then finally drill out the screws because they wouldn't turn because previous owner had glued them down. Could be he just used the wrong glue... but I find it unnecessary in all but maybe the most extreme cases.
I especially would not glue them on a rimfire.
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Posts: 10630 | Location: Marietta, GA | Registered: February 10, 2009
I cannot imagine the need for thread locker on a 10/22. I don't use it on rifles chambered for 308 Winchester. Want to? Fine. Necessary if the screws are tightened properly? No.
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Posts: 47853 | Location: 10,150 Feet Above Sea Level in Colorado | Registered: April 04, 2002
For something less difficult to break free, paint clean threads with a tiny bit of Testors model paint, let dry, and assemble. Threads will lock just fine, and a bottle of is less than 2 dollars.
Nail polish is another low cost option, and if you are married/have a girlfriend/have a "differing lifestyle", chances are you already have access to it
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Ive used blue loctite for years, and loved it. UNTIL I found Vibratite.
VibraTite can be reused several times.
Both work, but I would honestly advise you to pick up some non-permanent VibraTite. It is good stuff.
And YES you always use some sort of thread locker on any and everything that is bolted to a gun. If you don't, its an improper installation. Exceptions are properly designed vibration resistant mounts.
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Posts: 6708 | Location: Floriduh | Registered: October 16, 2004
I would never use loctite on a scope. Just asking for trouble in the future.
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Posts: 9249 | Location: Indian Territory, USA | Registered: March 23, 2006
Depends for me. Anything with a good bit of recoil or duty use gets blue loctite on everything. Anything justs get blue on the bases. Have used vibratite as well. Haven't noticed a different when taking something apart thats had one vs the other on it. If I don't use loctite then I grease the threada before torquing them down. Another thing I always do with scopes is using rosin on the rings to prevent any slipping.
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