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Thread: staked castle nut vs lock-tight?

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    I can remember back in the days when carbines were getting popular and collapsible stocks were becoming popular. Many of the guys at the various gun clubs and ranges all carried a high speed spanner wrench in their back pocket. Nobody staked then and hardly anybody used loc tite but those wrenches sure stayed busy!
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    Quote Originally Posted by midSCarolina View Post
    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.
    Super. Glad that whole 1200 rounds proved to you that you don't need to stake the castle nut....


    You say you "put" 1200 rounds through it? Cool. How much have you carried the rifle? How many miles has it bounced around in a vehicle beside you?

    Putting rounds through a rifle isn't the only measure of its durability. Sometimes actually carrying the thing is gonna be harder on it than going to the range and shooting - amazing, I know....

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    As a very relevant addition to this thread, I just pulled a factory castle nut off of a brand new BCM lower. It was properly staked and very clean (as usual with any BCM product). It was a screaming blue mother****er to get off. I bent the first small stock wrench and had to use a pin punch to break the staking.

    Well done Bravo Company!

    I did have a moment of concern as it appears one full thread round is galled and fell out with the tube removal. Doesn't matter in the long run, but worth noting.

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    Put the lower together last night. Function test is fine, I will test fire it and stake it tomorrow.

    I staked my primary just because- now it's stake AND lock-tighter. Hope I never have to take it off.
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