This .454 Casull ain't shaking apart

AL45 · May 17, 2022, 08:00 PM

So I recently bought a Ruger Super Blackhawk .454 Casull from an individual and I asked him if he had ever changed any springs out and if he had ever had any problems with screws coming loose. He informed me that it was all stock and he had never had any screws work loose. I wasn't pleased with the trigger so I changed out the trigger spring, but still didn't like the way it felt, so I dropped it off with my gunsmith in order to have him smooth it up. He called me a couple of days later ready to chew me out for using red loctite on all the screws. I laughed and told him the only screws I touched was the ejector housing screw, the base pin screw and the wood grip screw, and I certainly used no loctite on that. But, apparently somebody in the gun's past used red loctite on all the grip frame screws.....Surely Ruger didn't do that.

**44 AMP** · May 17, 2022, 11:20 PM

No, Ruger didn't do that. Some previous owner did, and either didn't know he was using the wrong stuff, or didn't care about future removal of the loctited screws.

Siggy-06 · May 19, 2022, 08:36 AM

At least it wasnt green w/ primer, that's some torch territory.

jackmoser65 · May 19, 2022, 11:07 AM

Actually Ruger did do that. Those guns are notorious for having copious amounts of threadlocker poured into them.

Ricklin · May 19, 2022, 03:59 PM

A soldering iron and your nose really helps with screws that have thread locker applied.
Use a sacrificial tip file it for maximum contact with the screw slot for heat transfer.

Have your nose directly above the work, when you smell the sweet odor of Loctite, quickly grab the proper driver and remove the screw.

May 17, 2022, 08:00 PM	#1
AL45 Senior Member Join Date: December 12, 2012 Posts: 778	This .454 Casull ain't shaking apart So I recently bought a Ruger Super Blackhawk .454 Casull from an individual and I asked him if he had ever changed any springs out and if he had ever had any problems with screws coming loose. He informed me that it was all stock and he had never had any screws work loose. I wasn't pleased with the trigger so I changed out the trigger spring, but still didn't like the way it felt, so I dropped it off with my gunsmith in order to have him smooth it up. He called me a couple of days later ready to chew me out for using red loctite on all the screws. I laughed and told him the only screws I touched was the ejector housing screw, the base pin screw and the wood grip screw, and I certainly used no loctite on that. But, apparently somebody in the gun's past used red loctite on all the grip frame screws.....Surely Ruger didn't do that. Last edited by AL45; May 17, 2022 at 08:09 PM.

May 17, 2022, 11:20 PM	#2
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 30,501	No, Ruger didn't do that. Some previous owner did, and either didn't know he was using the wrong stuff, or didn't care about future removal of the loctited screws. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

May 19, 2022, 08:36 AM	#3
Siggy-06 Senior Member Join Date: September 2, 2014 Location: Florida Posts: 1,148	At least it wasnt green w/ primer, that's some torch territory. __________________ Flicks just like a lighter, just a different kind of fire.

May 19, 2022, 03:59 PM	#5
Ricklin Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2008 Location: SW Washington state Posts: 2,393	Soldering iron A soldering iron and your nose really helps with screws that have thread locker applied. Use a sacrificial tip file it for maximum contact with the screw slot for heat transfer. Have your nose directly above the work, when you smell the sweet odor of Loctite, quickly grab the proper driver and remove the screw. __________________ ricklin Freedom is not free

May 19, 2022, 11:07 AM	#4
jackmoser65 Senior Member Join Date: October 11, 2014 Posts: 755	Actually Ruger did do that. Those guns are notorious for having copious amounts of threadlocker poured into them.