Stake your AR15 castle nut.

[EugenFJR]

Name some.

My PSA and Doublestar, factory built lowers are not stalked. ( I'm 99% sure, I have to go to the safe to look.) Anyway go to a gun store and look at rifles, and see how many are stalked.

@ mtdawg169 I have had a few RRA factory built lowers and never ran across one w/ red locktite when I changed the back plate. I'm not sayin' they never did it, I just havent seen it... And I'd be waaay pissed if my RRA LAR-8 had red locktite on the castle nut. ( I'll have to check to see if its stalked, I know its at the front of the gun safe where I can get to it.) But yea, the M4 style rifles should be stalked from the factory.

 

[Trader Jordon]

From what I've seen most don't stake or Loctite, staking is the way to go but as many "home builds" out there I prefer the first guy to not do it so I can easily change out his parts, lol.

 

[Wallace's]

From what I've seen most don't stake or Loctite, staking is the way to go but as many "home builds" out there I prefer the first guy to not do it so I can easily change out his parts, lol.

That or if you like to bust your rifle apart and swap out parts a lot, sometimes I could see just a dab of blue Loctite instead of staking if you have a more expensive QD/ ambi sling mount plate that wouldn't allow for multiple staking.

Better to just stake it and leave it alone though. Lowers/parts are so cheap right now it easier to just get another or multiple end plates if you want to change it up a lot.

 

[mtdawg169]

Just my opinion, but if it's not staked it just needs to be torqued to the minimum 40 ft/lbs. No loctite. There are appropriate uses for loctite on an AR, but the castle nut isn't one of them. Aside from that, I would at least ensure that your "go-to" home defense / training gun was staked correctly. The range toys, just for fun builds or guns that seem to always rebuild themselves aren't necessarily as critical. I stake all of mine, but it does suck to have to restake a nice QD endplate. If you're using a standard endplate, just chuck it in the trash and use a new one.

 

[EugenFJR]

I just checked my Doublestar and PSA they are both stalked... My RRA LAR-8 is not.

 

[DerekB711]

I love all my RRA's I like that they don't do it bc I like to change those out to the one I really want on them anyways and then have it staked.

I haven't seen the red on them.

 

[mtdawg169]

I love all my RRA's I like that they don't do it bc I like to change those out to the one I really want on them anyways and then have it staked.

I haven't seen the red on them.

What about blue?

 

[jburton3]

Some people just get a little carried away and worry wayyyy too much that their gun is going to fall apart.

 

[mtdawg169]

Some people just get a little carried away and worry wayyyy too much that their gun is going to fall apart.

Until it actually does. I've seen them come loose. Personally, I don't want to ever have to check it. I want to torque it down, stake it and forget that it's even there.

 

[jeh2324]

Yeah, a torch is a much more appropriate tool for firearms. What do you think staking does to the threads when you back it off? Who cares, it's a $20 part...
I guess staking should be required for someone that doesn't know anything about their weapon...