How to Mount Pistol Optics with Loctite

Loc-Tite can be really good or really, really bad. Andrew goes over some of the do's and dont's when using thread lockers on pistol optic screws.

[@tarabrightkrite3883]

I love this new gunsmithing series!

[@sussinhardrn1048]

Awesome video, made me feel a lot better about how I mounted my optic. I bought a new Springfield Echelon about a month back, and recently mounted a Holosun 407K to it. The cut-outs on the slide expose the extractor spring, and I noticed it as I used some compressed air to clean out the hole before I screwed the optic down. I put loctite on the screw, and my buddy said it didnt look like I used enough. I wasn't gonna risk locking anything down that's internal to the slide though. I can handle light machining and smithing; Im not so confident dealing with internal parts that can't be field stripped, much less if they get glued shut.

[@bluered3228]

Who knew Adam Savage knew so much about guns?

[@gstyle2654]

Hope the 1100s and 870s are of the classic beauties

[@gwcracker]

👍

[@ALL-AMERICANA]

How long should you let it sit before you shoot the gun?

[@BTORange]

Not long. Couple of hours at most.

[@justavillain]

Don’t want to clean the screw and hole is free of oil and old thread locker (iso alch)