Re: SADDLE RING PROBLEM SOLVED..
Posted: 27 Nov 2021 12:01
I respect what you say but, after consideration, I'd hazard a guess that, of the 'three reasons', it has to be the first. Why? well I also found residue under the original semi-buckhorn sights when in the process of swapping them out for the ladder sight..!!Archer wrote:Since someone slathered loctite over a number of the screws and such I recommend you be on the lookout for that hammer screw becoming loose as the action is worked over time. In fact I might run the action manually dropping the hammer a thousand cycles just to see if the torque alone would keep the screw in place.
My reasoning is that there's roughly three reasons to slather loctite on a part. One, that the person in question just does it by habit with EVERYTHING. TWO, that there was some problem with the part that the owner/user thought could be fixed by gluing it in place. THREE, because there were some sort of directions or process that was being followed that recommended that the part be secured in that way. I haven't seen the third possibility with respect to a hammer screw in any of the lever actions so that leaves the first two possibilities and if it was the habit of the previous owner there's no real concern but if it was trying to fix a problem then that problem may reappear.
You nay well be correct with your thinking that the previous owner slapped Locktite on every damn thing.
As for the hammer screw, well there was, in my book, enough felt resistance when replacing it with the saddle ring. It didn't just 'spin in', it was a snug, but not a binding fit.