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Posted: 3/9/2006 11:17:25 AM EDT
[#1]
Hm no idea, but I do anyway, I don't care what they say
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Posted: 3/9/2006 11:25:22 AM EDT
[#2]
Maybe when you seperate the rings later on you have to put some "big ass" on the hex tool to remove the bolts you warp the tube?
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Posted: 3/9/2006 11:29:10 AM EDT
[#3]
I don't know anyone that uses Loctite on rings. Good rings don't need it.
The companies probably discourage it because it may seep from the holes and get on your scope messing up the finish. |
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Posted: 3/9/2006 11:32:25 AM EDT
[#4]
Or could it mess the scope's internals up when you heat the rings to get the Loctite off?
(just Loctited the screws holding the LaRue rings for my Leupold MR/T last night) Edit: The LaRue Mount came with a tiny ampule of blue Loctite, that's what I used. 
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Posted: 3/9/2006 11:41:03 AM EDT
[#5]
did you use red loctite for a scope?!
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Posted: 3/9/2006 12:00:22 PM EDT
[#6]
What could the manufacturers possibly know? Screw them! Just weld them Fcukers and show them!!!
fyi, torque specs on hardware are often "wet" which means a particular viscosity of oil, not loctite. |
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Posted: 3/9/2006 4:00:37 PM EDT
[#7]
LaRue includes lock-tite with their rings. |
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Posted: 3/9/2006 4:20:09 PM EDT
[#8]
Go blue Locktite.
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Posted: 3/9/2006 4:37:37 PM EDT
[#9]
Blue Loctite Only use Blue |
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Posted: 3/9/2006 4:39:54 PM EDT
[#10]
Interesting.
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Posted: 3/9/2006 4:45:49 PM EDT
[#11]
I used Loctite
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Posted: 3/9/2006 5:05:45 PM EDT
[#12]
Most rings don't "close" all of the way when they are tightened. There should usually be a slight gap between the halves. Since the ring actually has a spring like back pressure on the screws, they don't tend to come loose. This, of course, only applies to the ring halves themselves, not to the fastners holding them to the base (no throw lever rings). Most scope rings don't need LocTite.
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Posted: 3/9/2006 5:11:42 PM EDT
[#13]
If your going to, use the blue only. It will hold the same amount of torque as the red, the only difference is that the blue will come loose with the same amount of force applied to fasten it, while red uses heat.
As for the finish on your scope, it won't hurt it. Loctite will not activate or harden w/o an absence of air and the presence of "active" metals. |
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Posted: 3/9/2006 5:20:41 PM EDT
[#14]
I would have to agree. On rings, I do not use loctite, on bases I use the BLUE loctite most of the time. Though using blue loctite on rings would not hurt a whole lot other than being a little messy visually. I've use red loctite and it can make it difficult to "reverse assembly" when the parts are properly prepared. |
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Posted: 3/9/2006 6:50:25 PM EDT
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I don't know, I have been burned twice when didn't put Locktite on my ARMS Aimpoint ring and on the scope ring in the past. I always use blue locktite. Nothing like having your scope zeroed and go to the range and have the shit all loose. And then wasting 60 rounds before I figured out what was wrong.
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Posted: 3/9/2006 6:53:44 PM EDT
[#16]
My LaRue mount came with it. I put it on the screws. Mark LaRue knows more about scope mounts than I do.
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Posted: 3/9/2006 9:15:46 PM EDT
[#17]
Red on gas blocks and blue on everything else. If it's got a screw it gets loctited.
 I hate when shit comes apart when I really need it. That just screws up your whole day.
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Posted: 3/10/2006 12:31:09 AM EDT
[#18]
I use blue locktite on my rings/mounts. Have never came loose nor have I had any issues removing them when the need arose...
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