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Posted: 2/24/2006 9:47:14 AM EDT
What is the best way to stake the nut on a collapsable buffer tube? I have done a search but cant seem to find the best tool and size?
Thanks, Mike 
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Posted: 2/24/2006 10:15:28 AM EDT
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red locktite. i wouldn't stake anything
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Posted: 2/25/2006 3:38:43 AM EDT
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Use blue loctite instad it is easier to undue the lock nut!!! If you use red loctite you will need heat to loosen the nut!!!
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Posted: 2/25/2006 8:22:19 AM EDT
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I have never had a lockring come undone without LokTite. With my first two builds, I used blue LokTite.
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Posted: 2/25/2006 8:29:19 AM EDT
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I staked mine. Necessary, probably not. As another uses said, unless you are going to be using the thing as a hammer staking it isn't needed.
I just did mine that way because an old Marine armorer showed me how to do it. I have an old steel punch that I jsut held an an angle over the plate where it mated with the recess in the castle nut, and gave it a whack with the hammer. After doing it to two of them, i tapped the metal further down into the recesses. No biggie, and can still be removed. Can always get a new plate if necessary. |
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Posted: 2/25/2006 8:33:13 AM EDT
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If you ever sell that lower with the buttstock and you used red loctite or have staked it, the new owner is gonna be pissed.
Ask me how I know... 
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Posted: 2/25/2006 9:01:55 AM EDT
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No stake, just Loctite®, unless you abuse the hell out of your rifle, i.e. use as crowbar or bat.
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Posted: 2/25/2006 9:30:31 AM EDT
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I use blue locktite. Mine have never come undone.
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Posted: 2/25/2006 9:34:33 AM EDT
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newbie here - so I hope I´m still allowed to hijack a thread just this oncehich
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Posted: 2/27/2006 6:34:10 AM EDT
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Don't worry about the lockring on backwards, just use a channel lock to remove it when you need to then buy another to put back on with notches to rear.
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