front sight issue
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front sight issue
The front sight on my Mark lll Hunter keeps coming loose. It is held on with one screw, and I put locktite on it to secure it, but it seem like the residue, and recoil from shooting keep loosening it up. It won't stay tight. Besides the inconvenience, I'm concerned I will loose it one day. Anybody else experience this?
thanks, on a beautiful, mild, sunny sunday in Michigan.
hakaman
thanks, on a beautiful, mild, sunny sunday in Michigan.
hakaman
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Re: front sight issue
HHakaman wrote:The front sight on my Mark lll Hunter keeps coming loose. It is held on with one screw, and I put locktite on it to secure it, but it seem like the residue, and recoil from shooting keep loosening it up. It won't stay tight. Besides the inconvenience, I'm concerned I will loose it one day. Anybody else experience this?
thanks, on a beautiful, mild, sunny sunday in Michigan.
hakaman
Ye it is and it will be even better Tuesday with highs in the 50's supposedly, then I can get out and cure this cabin fever thing.
As far as the sight screw, clean and degrease the hole and screw with brake cleaner or something like it and redo the Blue Loctite. I have no Loctite on mine on any of my guns and I have had no problems, only Loctite the trigger adjustment screws. Greetings from Sunny Saginaw.
You have great day and shoot straight and may the Good Lord smile on you.
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Not sold on alcohol, use brake cleaner or lacquer thinner, I prefer brake cleaner as it leaves no residue and is not flammable. Alcohol is OK for drinking if it comes from Lynchburg Tennessee.Hakaman wrote:Hmmmph, I have cleaned the screw and hole with alcohol and put the blue locktite on it? Maybe I haven't done a good enough job. I'll try for about the forth time.
Sunny days give me hope of better things to come!
You have great day and shoot straight and may the Good Lord smile on you.
Be sure to apply the solvent to a cotton swap and turn it all the way into the screw hole. Do that a few times with new swabs until they come out clean. The preservative has a reddish rust color appearance to it, but don't be concerned because your pistol does not have any corrosion in the screw hole, its just the oil.
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No, don't drink the brake cleaner, it can and will be hazardous to your health.Hakaman wrote:Alcohol is OK for drinking if it comes from Lynchburg Tennessee.
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I'll try the brake cleaner.
I did notice the reddish residue on the screw, maybe I need to clean it better and let it dry longer after I loctite it.
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Welcome to the forum KRD!
Thanks for that info. I've not had any that wouldn't take either with a dab of Locktite or some ladies fingernail polish, after a good degreasing of course. However a longer screw would provide a greater surface area to hold the sight. BTW the front barrel screw hole is #6-40, just in case someone has a hardware store near by that sells screws by individual/bulk instead of packaged lots.
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Thanks for that info. I've not had any that wouldn't take either with a dab of Locktite or some ladies fingernail polish, after a good degreasing of course. However a longer screw would provide a greater surface area to hold the sight. BTW the front barrel screw hole is #6-40, just in case someone has a hardware store near by that sells screws by individual/bulk instead of packaged lots.
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Bullseye