Bonding a picatinny rail to an action

[nm.otter]

Wiha.

 

[Walker6]

Much obliged.

 

[BigMiss]

Resurrecting this thread to ask a question about bonding rails.
I pulled the rail off my Bergara to bond it. Of course, the front 6-48 screw sheared off and I couldn't get it out with an extractor. Had a local garage smith drill and tap the holes for 8-40. I've scuffed up the top of my cerakoted action and the bottom of the rail, and I've got BSI IC-2000 as a bonding agent. I am hesitant/nervous about the fast bond time and being able to get all of the screws in, then removed one by one to clean the glue off them. Should I just set the glued rail on, and send it with nail-polished screws? Or should I attempt to dry screw it and remove them to re-clean and nail polish? It is a 20-45 second glue. I've had terrible luck with crappy rail screws stripping or shearing below torque values, so I am hesitant to also introduce a "permanent" glue into this process. Thoughts?

 

[rbutcher1234]

Honestly, send it. Why would you need to ever pull the rail off? The barrel can be changed with it still on.

 

[grfox92]

Resurrecting this thread to ask a question about bonding rails.
I pulled the rail off my Bergara to bond it. Of course, the front 6-48 screw sheared off and I couldn't get it out with an extractor. Had a local garage smith drill and tap the holes for 8-40. I've scuffed up the top of my cerakoted action and the bottom of the rail, and I've got BSI IC-2000 as a bonding agent. I am hesitant/nervous about the fast bond time and being able to get all of the screws in, then removed one by one to clean the glue off them. Should I just set the glued rail on, and send it with nail-polished screws? Or should I attempt to dry screw it and remove them to re-clean and nail polish? It is a 20-45 second glue. I've had terrible luck with crappy rail screws stripping or shearing below torque values, so I am hesitant to also introduce a "permanent" glue into this process. Thoughts?

I would just use an adhesive with a longer flash time.

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[mtnbound]

Resurrecting this thread to ask a question about bonding rails.
I pulled the rail off my Bergara to bond it. Of course, the front 6-48 screw sheared off and I couldn't get it out with an extractor. Had a local garage smith drill and tap the holes for 8-40. I've scuffed up the top of my cerakoted action and the bottom of the rail, and I've got BSI IC-2000 as a bonding agent. I am hesitant/nervous about the fast bond time and being able to get all of the screws in, then removed one by one to clean the glue off them. Should I just set the glued rail on, and send it with nail-polished screws? Or should I attempt to dry screw it and remove them to re-clean and nail polish? It is a 20-45 second glue. I've had terrible luck with crappy rail screws stripping or shearing below torque values, so I am hesitant to also introduce a "permanent" glue into this process. Thoughts?

I would use Loctite 380 because it has a slower set time.

 

[BigMiss]

Does it actually have a slower set time though? This is from the TDS for 380.

 

[BRTreedogs]

Resurrecting this thread to ask a question about bonding rails.
I pulled the rail off my Bergara to bond it. Of course, the front 6-48 screw sheared off and I couldn't get it out with an extractor. Had a local garage smith drill and tap the holes for 8-40. I've scuffed up the top of my cerakoted action and the bottom of the rail, and I've got BSI IC-2000 as a bonding agent. I am hesitant/nervous about the fast bond time and being able to get all of the screws in, then removed one by one to clean the glue off them. Should I just set the glued rail on, and send it with nail-polished screws? Or should I attempt to dry screw it and remove them to re-clean and nail polish? It is a 20-45 second glue. I've had terrible luck with crappy rail screws stripping or shearing below torque values, so I am hesitant to also introduce a "permanent" glue into this process. Thoughts?

JB Weld

 

[Schutzprecision]

Resurrecting this thread to ask a question about bonding rails.
I pulled the rail off my Bergara to bond it. Of course, the front 6-48 screw sheared off and I couldn't get it out with an extractor. Had a local garage smith drill and tap the holes for 8-40. I've scuffed up the top of my cerakoted action and the bottom of the rail, and I've got BSI IC-2000 as a bonding agent. I am hesitant/nervous about the fast bond time and being able to get all of the screws in, then removed one by one to clean the glue off them. Should I just set the glued rail on, and send it with nail-polished screws? Or should I attempt to dry screw it and remove them to re-clean and nail polish? It is a 20-45 second glue. I've had terrible luck with crappy rail screws stripping or shearing below torque values, so I am hesitant to also introduce a "permanent" glue into this process. Thoughts?

I had scenario similar to yours recently. Scuffed up the top of my cerakoted action, degreased everything, applied 380 to base and blue loctite to screws and installed. The 4th screw head snapped off as I was torquing them down. I removed the screws and tapped the base with a brass hammer to knock it off. The 380 was already starting to set up. I cleaned everything up with acetone and replaced the screws. I reinstalled with 380 on the base and blue loctite on screws and torqued down. If it ever has to come off a little localized heat should allow it to be removed.

 

[Marbles]

JB Weld

This is the way.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

Jb weld. Golf club shafting epoxy is also very strong and has a good open/working time