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Posted: 11/21/2004 9:44:08 AM EDT
| Does ARMS use helicoils for their ring cap screws to screw into? |
Actually the reason the screws strip out is people overtightening them. The aluminum threads are capable of holding the steel screw just as well as they could hold a helicoil. Unfortunately some people have had issues because they tighten the screw down past the point of necessity and right into the he-man zone. |
Or they do it on a dimly lit range at night reinstalling a screw who's loc-tite didnt take hold and by pure luck notice it working out and when they go to put more loc-tite on it, they dont start it perfectly straight and totally strip out the aluminum threads  Im not always the brightest. |
I agree that people do man handle them to tight. I am not a fan of screwing one type of metal into another.... C4 |
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