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Mounting bases?
« on: January 31, 2014, 03:09:32 PM »
When mounting bases on the top of your gun, do you guys use loc-tite and if you do, which color.  I am going pull the mounting screws on the top of my rifle and mount the Weaver #12 blocks to it.  If I ever want to remove them and go with irons, than I have to choose how much loc-tite to use and whether red or blue.
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Re: Mounting bases?
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2014, 03:13:17 PM »
I never have my scope plates haven't come loose ever. If its for a really heavy caliber and your worried it might come loose use a little drop of blue. Red loc-tite takes a torch to come back off its meant for permanent attachment.
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Re: Mounting bases?
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2014, 03:21:47 PM »
Blue loctite for the base. Nothing on the rings. That's how I roll.
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Re: Mounting bases?
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2014, 03:27:29 PM »
cheap pink nail polish. best non-permanent thread locker on the market.

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Re: Mounting bases?
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2014, 04:43:16 PM »
I've heard clear nail polish a lot but first time for pink.
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Re: Mounting bases?
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2014, 05:07:08 PM »
Probably so you can tell how much you put on the threads and where.  :dunno:
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Re: Mounting bases?
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2014, 05:51:53 PM »
Ive used blue Loctite and black nail polish the wife was out of clear  :chuckle:.
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Re: Mounting bases?
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2014, 08:27:07 PM »
I used the pink nail polish for the first time when I was setting the trigger nuts on my .30-'06. Worked so good now I use for all my thread locking needs. Latest use was on a bicycle baggage rack.
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Re: Mounting bases?
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2014, 08:34:19 PM »
Ive used blue Loctite and black nail polish the wife was out of clear  :chuckle:.

I'm digging the black nail polish. :rockin:

 


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