
Originally Posted by
midSCarolina
When swapped out the factory plate for a single point sling mount, I just tightened the castle nut down and didn't use loctite or anything. I have put about 1200 rounds through it since then and it has held up really well. I did mark it so I know if it is starting to slip, but I do that with every peice of gear that can rotate. I have done this on 3 rifles and have never had an issue but if you don't plan on ever changing it out, staking it would be good.
It's possible that a castle nut can stay in place with nothing... not worth the risk to me...
And Staking isn't permanently attaching or commiting. You can break and restake any time you want. That's why I put light stakes. You don't need as much as a automatic centerpunch gives you.
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