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Theohazard · February 24, 2018, 09:27 AM

3-lug adaptors get rid of the piston, so it would turn a tilting-barrel locked-breech pistol like your FNX into a single-shot.

One method I’ve used in the past for keeping my pistol cans tight on the threads is a single drop of loctite. Apply it in the middle of the barrel’s threads and let it dry overnight. Then when you thread the can on it will be tighter but it won’t stick too hard. Keep in mind that if you get the can hot enough it will melt the loctite and it will turn into a lubricant. It doesn’t take much shooting for this to happen with regular blue loctite, so you might try some that’s meant for higher temps.

February 24, 2018, 09:27 AM	#10
Theohazard Senior Member Join Date: April 19, 2012 Location: Western PA Posts: 3,829	3-lug adaptors get rid of the piston, so it would turn a tilting-barrel locked-breech pistol like your FNX into a single-shot. One method I’ve used in the past for keeping my pistol cans tight on the threads is a single drop of loctite. Apply it in the middle of the barrel’s threads and let it dry overnight. Then when you thread the can on it will be tighter but it won’t stick too hard. Keep in mind that if you get the can hot enough it will melt the loctite and it will turn into a lubricant. It doesn’t take much shooting for this to happen with regular blue loctite, so you might try some that’s meant for higher temps. __________________ 0331: "Accuracy by volume." Last edited by Theohazard; February 24, 2018 at 09:32 AM.