'Nother Colt question.

[The Trinity Kid]

Howdy y'all.  quick question.  Does anyone else have trouble with the bolt screw working itself loose after a few cycles of the action?  mine is doing this, and I don't want it to.  slightly annoying when it does......

--TK

[Pettifogger]

Guns are machines and have variances.  I have had guns with sequential serial numbers where the screws in one remain tight and the screws in the other loosen after a few rounds.  No big deal, put a little blue or purple loctite on it and keep shooting.

[Gus Walker]

I've herd a little teflon plumbers tape on the threads will help too , but i personaly havent tried that yet.

[StrawHat]

Shellac on the threads will work, also nail polish, if you don't have any of the expensive thread lockers.

[The Trinity Kid]

Thanks for the tips!   I was just hoping that it wasn't a big problem.....since I can't return it now....

--TK

[Major 2]

The best thing ( and Pettifogger mentioned it ) is blue Loctite , you can get the gel in small twist applicator
for about $3.00.
The stuff has many uses besides guns , works great in automotive areas also.

Just be sure to get the Blue removeable product.

[The Trinity Kid]

What? you don't think I'd actually want to CLEAN it in the future, do you?

Do you have experience with the non-removable kind......

--TK

[Flint]

With both the bolt and the screw out of the gun, check the fit.  If the hole is too tight it might be unscrewing the threads as it rotates.  I had a hammer screw that did that on a gun a few years ago.

[Major 2]

What? you don't think I'd actually want to CLEAN it in the future, do you?

Do you have experience with the non-removable kind......

--TK

yeah...but not in a bad way... I used Red as it was intended 

And I understand the non-removable kind is used to secure barrel re-linings

[Seth Hawkins]

Yeah.  Red Loc-Tite is very bad if you ever intend to remove that screw.  I accidentally used some once and thought I was going to have to use an impact driver to break it loose.  There's almost no occasion when we, the average Joe non-gunsmith would ever need to use the red stuff.

If you're apprehensive about using something to polish/change the shape of the bolt screw or bolt, I'd use the blue Loc-Tite,  It's strong enough to hold the screw in place but it will break free when you want to clean it.

[Lefty Dude]

To remove a screw that was locktighted, I use an electric soldering Iron. Heat the screw head, and out it comes.

[Seth Hawkins]

I have found, almost without exception, the application of a larger tool to be more satisfying.

[Abilene]

I have found, almost without exception, the application of a larger tool to be more satisfying.

Ah yes.  I call this the "Harley Davidson method."  If it doesn't work, use a bigger hammer. 

[Seth Hawkins]

And I don't even own a Harley!       I do, however, own various sizes of hammers.

[pony express]

I do have a Harley, but it doesn't get the bigger hammer treatment(Although it probably wouldn't go 50 miles without various colors of locktite) . 

However, I did graduate from the premier "school of the bigger hammer", aka Wheel Vehicle Mechanics School, Ft Leonard Wood Mo, 1976.