Posted: 5/5/2025 9:31:10 PM EDT
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I usually carry IWB at 4 and my screws for the belt clips aways work loose after a few weeks of use, sometimes screws, clips and standoffs and spacers end up missing. I dont want to locktite the screws because I like the flexibilty to adjust while sitting. Its a minor gripe but annoying when losing stuff. |
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Originally Posted By evilyoda: I usually carry IWB at 4 and my screws for the belt clips aways work loose after a few weeks of use, sometimes screws, clips and standoffs and spacers end up missing. I dont want to locktite the screws because I like the flexibilty to adjust while sitting. Its a minor gripe but annoying when losing stuff. Well you just answered your own question. No loctite, AND things are being shifted around to "adjust"? That is a sure recipe for things loosening. You have to use loctite, that's all there is to it. |
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Originally Posted By: I usually carry IWB at 4 and my screws for the belt clips aways work loose after a few weeks of use, sometimes screws, clips and standoffs and spacers end up missing. I dont want to locktite the screws because I like the flexibilty to adjust while sitting. Its a minor gripe but annoying when losing stuff. Do you loosen screws and move stuff around regularly? You sit down and then adjust stuff with a screwdriver? 
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| If you have to "adjust things while sitting" you're doing it wrong. A good holster worn in the proper location only needs to be adjusted once (for height and cant) and then loctite the screws. |
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Originally Posted By evilyoda: ... my screws for the belt clips aways work loose after a few weeks of use... I dont want to locktite the screws... Comptacs crossbreed Haley strategic They all get super loose. I try to check mine once a month. Sure enough one will need some snugging up. Make a date night with your holster. Every Friday night, before your first beer or bourbon, break it out, tighten it all up, and enjoy the weekend 
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The screws on my Comptac Minotaur come loose infrequently, although they do need to be tightened from time to time. I tighten them down pretty snug so that helps. Something else that helps I believe is that I wear Wrangler jeans that have the small amount of stretch fabric incorporated into the denim. If your trousers give a bit then the stresses of changing positions are not all transferred directly to your holster's mounting hardware. I find that this also helps a lot to control holster shifting. I also favor 7 belt loop trousers. Unfortunately, most jeans, including the newer Wrangler jeans, have all gone to 5 belt loops (I imagine it saves costs, but results in a cheaper product). With the 7 belt loop style trousers, the rear most holster clip sits directly against a belt loop and this also helps control the holster's position. These are all factors that can aggravate hardware stability. |
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Originally Posted By pokey074: Blue LockTite is your friend. As I stated above, and state again. Holster brand, or even type, should be irrelevant, provided halfway decent hardware with enough thread engagement. I carry a sidearm every single day, using 3 different holsters, for different situations, and daily,weekly, or whatever, retighteninh/adjusting of screws is not a thing. I find it odd that some people are having to fiddle-fuck with shit that frequently. I've had screws work their way loose, a few times over many years, but it's rare, when shit is set up right. |
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Originally Posted By JoeDevola: As I stated above, and state again. Holster brand, or even type, should be irrelevant, provided halfway decent hardware with enough thread engagement. I carry a sidearm every single day, using 3 different holsters, for different situations, and daily,weekly, or whatever, retighteninh/adjusting of screws is not a thing. I find it odd that some people are having to fiddle-fuck with shit that frequently. I've had screws work their way loose, a few times over many years, but it's rare, when shit is set up right. Originally Posted By JoeDevola: Originally Posted By pokey074: Blue LockTite is your friend. As I stated above, and state again. Holster brand, or even type, should be irrelevant, provided halfway decent hardware with enough thread engagement. I carry a sidearm every single day, using 3 different holsters, for different situations, and daily,weekly, or whatever, retighteninh/adjusting of screws is not a thing. I find it odd that some people are having to fiddle-fuck with shit that frequently. I've had screws work their way loose, a few times over many years, but it's rare, when shit is set up right. |
| Blue Loctite still allows you to take things apart if you need to. It's designed to hold fasteners in place, but allow them to be removed with a tool. Red, on the other hand, requires a torch to heat it up for fastener removal, which really isn't an option for a holster. And purple (#222) is designed for small fasteners, like scope mounting hardware. |
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| I eventually add a dot of blue loctite to the chicago screws in my leather gun belts. My thick belts seem to aid the Chicago screws in unscrewing. They’re the two screws that hold the buckle end around the buckle. |
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Originally Posted By Cooper1: So, the nut part that is on the inside of the holster has a groove. When I tighten the screw the whole thing spins. What are you using to hold the inside ferrule? Still? Don’t tell the sandwich maker but I use the back edge of a butter knife. 
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