Go with the belt-and-suspenders route: do both.Netpackrat wrote:Maybe next time I will drill the screws and safety wire them; that ought to shut him up.
PSA: Torque values, witness marks, and Loctite
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SoupOrMan
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Re: PSA: Torque values, witness marks, and Loctite
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Cobar
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Re: PSA: Torque values, witness marks, and Loctite
lock washers?
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Netpackrat
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Re: PSA: Torque values, witness marks, and Loctite
Nah, he's pretty good, but like everyone else, not always right about everything. He's probably the guy to go to for quality barrel threading around here, and has helped me out a lot on numerous projects.HTRN wrote:Your smith is an idiot.Netpackrat wrote:Not necessary with proper torque, blah, blah, blah...
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BDK
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Re: PSA: Torque values, witness marks, and Loctite
222MS loctite is great. Pretty much put it on every machine screw where wicking isn't an issue
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Re: PSA: Torque values, witness marks, and Loctite
Well guys in the field with M-14's probably don't have torque wrenches in their kit. IIRC they just wrenched down hard as they could with the tubular tool from the GI cleaning kit or in one case a small crescent wrench.
In ye really olden days gun smiths would polish scope mount screws on the first part of their threads then coat them with iodine. The iodine would form a thin coat of rust and lock the screw in place. You could still break the screw loose but it would take a careful application of the proper size screw driver.
In ye really olden days gun smiths would polish scope mount screws on the first part of their threads then coat them with iodine. The iodine would form a thin coat of rust and lock the screw in place. You could still break the screw loose but it would take a careful application of the proper size screw driver.