Thanks to everyone. @LittleLebowski, I went ahead and ordered that stuff. Gonna find some old screws with loctite on them and see how it works on residue fresh and old.
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At a match once I learned (in hindsight) that I'd used too much Loctite on my ejector rod; it was actually impeding actuation of the cylinder release. You could still do it, but it was slow, and it hurt your thumb. A Master offered me some Tetra gun lubricant, with the direction to apply it liberally and the information that "Tetra eats Loctite." Well, I did, and it did, and within minutes, I was back in business. Ever since then, I say: "Tetra eats Loctite."
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This thread is the best possible argument for using VC-3. That stuff doesn't seem to do anything, so it shouldn't be any problem if it's on the pistol.
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