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Check your screws

Post by GunnyGene » Sun Oct 20, 2019 3:19 pm

Some reminders and tips. About 3 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onC0wvr8uGs
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Re: Check your screws

Post by RanchRoper » Sun Oct 20, 2019 3:48 pm

Good info, thanks. My wife thinks I have a screw loose.
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Re: Check your screws

Post by Cofisher » Sun Oct 20, 2019 3:55 pm

Just one?
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Re: Check your screws

Post by GFK » Sun Oct 20, 2019 4:05 pm

Yes, good idea.
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Re: Check your screws

Post by deano5150 » Sun Oct 20, 2019 9:57 pm

I just noticed my receiver mounted Skinner peep was loose today and had to tighten it up. I was wondering if I needed some blue loctite? Any advice?
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Re: Check your screws

Post by JEBar » Sun Oct 20, 2019 11:01 pm

for small screws, I prefer Purple Loctite
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Re: Check your screws

Post by Mags » Sun Oct 20, 2019 11:30 pm

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I use blue loctite.
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Re: Check your screws

Post by CT_Shooter » Mon Oct 21, 2019 7:56 am

In the movies, you never see a cowboy pausing a gunfight to tighten the screws on his six gun :? , but the screws on my Uberti/Taylors SmokeWagon .357 SAA (especially the ejector rod screw) still loosen after a couple hundred rounds, even after a proper application of Blue Loctite. I'll give Purple a try.
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Re: Check your screws

Post by Mags » Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:27 pm

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purple is less sticky than blue.
CT_Shooter wrote:
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In the movies, you never see a cowboy pausing a gunfight to tighten the screws on his six gun :? , but the screws on my Uberti/Taylors SmokeWagon .357 SAA (especially the ejector rod screw) still loosen after a couple hundred rounds, even after a proper application of Blue Loctite. I'll give Purple a try.
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Re: Check your screws

Post by Mags » Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:33 pm

These are the Loctite differences. Avoid red, it's fairly permanent.
Green is for electronic connections.

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