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Posted: 8/30/2010 8:22:31 AM EDT

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A little black paint dabbed over the stake job is what Colt did for years. Makes a so so stake job look authentic.

HA! Nice.

I did just order a black paint pen to cover up the couple little nicks I put in my lower while putting it together... (I knew I should've put masking tape on it like the instructions said, but I had to go and learn the hard way, ha!)

Use Alumablack from Birchwood Casey.

Posted: 8/30/2010 1:09:30 PM EDT

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A little black paint dabbed over the stake job is what Colt did for years. Makes a so so stake job look authentic.

HA! Nice.

I did just order a black paint pen to cover up the couple little nicks I put in my lower while putting it together... (I knew I should've put masking tape on it like the instructions said, but I had to go and learn the hard way, ha!)

Use Alumablack from Birchwood Casey.

It's steel bits there not aluminum.

Posted: 8/30/2010 1:32:26 PM EDT

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Birchwood and casey gun blue paste on a q-tip,black paint.

Posted: 8/30/2010 1:52:40 PM EDT

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Loctite can glue the castle nut to the extension harder than the resistance the slot can hold if you ever remove the extension. This causes the extension to unscrew from the lower instead of just the nut. The tab on the end-plate then gouges a nice groove into your extension's threads.

Happened to me twice, now I stake.

Just out of curiosity, what loctite did you use? Red? Blue?

i use blue

Posted: 8/30/2010 2:29:18 PM EDT

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Just looked at my stake job. My castle nut does not come with a crimping groove. Made in China?

Use a file and make one.

Posted: 8/31/2010 12:21:25 AM EDT

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When I do mine with a punch and a hammer, it looks about as bad as yours does... I don't own ARs for their looks and so long as it does not come loose, I could not care less how it looks.

One thing that I do is hit the area with some Birchwood Casey super blue liquid to keep it from rusting. A bottle of the stuff is like $4 and can be found at most gun shops.

Posted: 8/31/2010 5:20:51 AM EDT

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LOL mine looks just like yours, ugly but it will work.

Posted: 8/31/2010 5:46:52 AM EDT

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I stake mine because I have had one come loose, I have seen others come loose and I have read accounts of even more coming loose. If it wasn't an issue then it wouldn't be part of the spec. But it is and it is. Loctite is not the answer either. Loctite doesn't belong on a castle nut. Staking is fast and easy and the correct way to do this.

Bingo

Its a must !!

I stake mine just like LMT

there isnt 1 proper way

OP

You DID FINE!! anyone saying otherwise dont know squat

Posted: 9/15/2010 10:02:27 AM EDT

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Loctite can glue the castle nut to the extension harder than the resistance the slot can hold if you ever remove the extension. This causes the extension to unscrew from the lower instead of just the nut. The tab on the end-plate then gouges a nice groove into your extension's threads.

Happened to me twice, now I stake.

Just out of curiosity, what loctite did you use? Red? Blue?

Standard run of the mill blue.