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[Warrior27]

Do any of you guys blue loctite the cross bolt?

I do not. I blu loctite the base screws and just torque the ring screws and cross bolt to manufacture specs.

 

[JohnJohnson]

Do any of you guys blue loctite the cross bolt?

No need for that since you can just tighten it if you ever feel like checking. I do blue loctite the screws of the scope rail itself.

 

[packer58]

As stated above, no benefit in using any thread locker on the crossbolts. However, make sure the ring crossbolts are firmly seated against the forward lug before tightening / final torque to specs.

 

[Rob5589]

I only use rails when I have to - prefer a 1 piece, integrated ring & base, or Leupold rings & mounts - sadly, that's what they offer these days.

The rails used to be called weaver rails 40 + years ago and were notorious for losing zero. I've got 2 rigs with rails (mutter, mutter) and am using Warne steel rings with 4 screws for scope and 2 screws at the rail. They hold zero well but I still don't trust em at all and baby them.

The Weaver rail is not a picatinny rail. A quality pic rail and rings aren't moving.

 

[isocyanate]

The Weaver rail is not a picatinny rail. A quality pic rail and rings aren't moving.

I have a NF compact in a set of badger alloys on a pic rail. As a joke, I shot a plate at 250, took the scope off the base and threw it across the yard. Retorqued and shot another round inside the splash from the first. #confidence

 

[wapitibob]

Do any of you guys blue loctite the cross bolt?

Never, I take my scope assy off every time I clean the rifle. A slight film of imperial die wax on the mating parts occasionally, slide the assy forward and torque to 55# and it's right where it was. The F class guys pull their scopes all the time, it's a non issue.

 

[Buckshot85]

Thanks again, Fellas. Appreciate all the help.

 

[oneshotGA]

I Loctite my base screws, but I have found that many manufacturers say that their torque recommendations for rings are based on dry threads. If anything that can act as a lubricant is used when torquing screws, then it will change the clamping force as compared to dry threads. I do not use Loctite on cross bolts.

As for rings, I also use Warne almost exclusively, but have been very happy with the Badger and NF rings I have used.

I have found Weaver rails to be very meh, due to wildly different specs from different manufacturers and very often loose tolerances to facilitate use with other companies' products, and I will generally use a one-piece mount if available, but the Picatinny rail is based on a military standard (specs are standardized and predefined, helping compatibility and interchangeability across the board), and with quality products from reputable manufacturers, I think Pic rails are fine.