Originally Posted by
toddackerman
Robb...
I have never staked my VLTOR stock Castle Nut to mate with the reciver plate, and it's not loosened one bit in over 6,000 rounds. Is this a preventitive Medicine thing, or something that is seriously advocated, and necessary?
It is particularly important when using a GG&G-type single point sling plate. The one on my oldest daughter's carbine came loose and the plate rotated inboard at about 4500 rounds, ejecting the detent spring and preventing the charging handle from retracting. Picture now graces the pages of Pat's book.
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