How bad is the "loose screws problem" on colts?

gav1230 · December 8, 2013, 10:36 AM

So I've heard that on colts the screws can work themselves loose and are easily lost. So how bad of a problem is this really? I imagine it would be worse on more powerful guns such as the dragoon, but how bad would it be on say, a navy colt?

jackpine · December 8, 2013, 10:51 AM

loc-tite and problem solved

MJN77 · December 8, 2013, 11:12 AM

I have been shooting Colt and "colt style" revolvers for twenty years (still own a dozen) and I have never lost a screw or used loc-tite. Tighten them down when you put the gun back together after cleaning and you shouldn't have a problem.

Hawg · December 8, 2013, 11:13 AM

I usually catch them before they get anywhere near that loose but Loctite will fix it. Use blue not red. Red will require heat to remove.

Kappe · December 8, 2013, 12:49 PM

I own an 1851 Navy and it's my only Colt. Most of the screws stay pretty tight.
The only offender is the screw pin for the bolt. I always notice it before it gets bad, but that's because I know to check it frequently. I just tighten it with my fingernail and keep going.
I imagine screws on Remingtons are no less prone to coming loose than Colts. There's just 5 (I think) less screws to keep track of

Rigmarol · December 8, 2013, 06:30 PM

I shoot Colt Dragoons and never have a problem losing a loose screw. I check all screws every time I clean them and I clean them every time I shoot them. No problem here.

**4V50 Gary** · December 8, 2013, 06:49 PM

Blue loc-tite, not red.

44 Dave · December 8, 2013, 07:00 PM

My second gen. SAA has fiber washers under screw heads, but with my b&c clones I check them when cleaning.
If you take care of your guns the screws never get more than a part of a turn loose.

December 8, 2013, 10:36 AM	#1
gav1230 Senior Member Join Date: February 17, 2013 Posts: 148	How bad is the "loose screws problem" on colts? So I've heard that on colts the screws can work themselves loose and are easily lost. So how bad of a problem is this really? I imagine it would be worse on more powerful guns such as the dragoon, but how bad would it be on say, a navy colt? __________________ "When a free man dies, he loses the pleasure of life. A slave loses his pain. Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That's why he's not afraid of it. That's why we'll win." - Stanley Kubrick's "Sparticus", 1960.

December 8, 2013, 06:49 PM	#7
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,832	Blue loc-tite, not red. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

December 8, 2013, 10:51 AM	#2
jackpine Senior Member Join Date: November 24, 2010 Posts: 351	loc-tite and problem solved

December 8, 2013, 11:12 AM	#3
MJN77 Senior Member Join Date: April 27, 2009 Location: on a hill in West Virginia Posts: 789	I have been shooting Colt and "colt style" revolvers for twenty years (still own a dozen) and I have never lost a screw or used loc-tite. Tighten them down when you put the gun back together after cleaning and you shouldn't have a problem.

December 8, 2013, 11:13 AM	#4
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,188	I usually catch them before they get anywhere near that loose but Loctite will fix it. Use blue not red. Red will require heat to remove.

December 8, 2013, 12:49 PM	#5
Kappe Senior Member Join Date: May 28, 2013 Location: New Jersey Posts: 149	I own an 1851 Navy and it's my only Colt. Most of the screws stay pretty tight. The only offender is the screw pin for the bolt. I always notice it before it gets bad, but that's because I know to check it frequently. I just tighten it with my fingernail and keep going. I imagine screws on Remingtons are no less prone to coming loose than Colts. There's just 5 (I think) less screws to keep track of

December 8, 2013, 06:30 PM	#6
Rigmarol Senior Member Join Date: January 29, 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 344	I shoot Colt Dragoons and never have a problem losing a loose screw. I check all screws every time I clean them and I clean them every time I shoot them. No problem here.

December 8, 2013, 07:00 PM	#8
44 Dave Senior Member Join Date: February 24, 2013 Posts: 584	My second gen. SAA has fiber washers under screw heads, but with my b&c clones I check them when cleaning. If you take care of your guns the screws never get more than a part of a turn loose.