Detents, Detents, Detents... Having issues... Help.

[TyeStick]

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[Nobody]

that's interesting, since i have never shot the original one that came with my ULE body for many years and cases of paint.

but some questions:
1) though, you should give a little leeway for the detent, it shouldn't be in as far as the screw hole will go, as it will physically effect the bolt. with that, is the body clean or has it been reanno'd?
2) are you using angel-threaded detents right?
3) have you tried a combo of oring AND some thread locker?
4) are you running 1 or 2 detents?
5) this is a ULE body correct?
6) are you running a L10?

[TyeStick]

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[djinnform]

aren't there long ones and short ones? I bought the long ones by mistake once, they are both Angel threaded

[Nobody]

good point, there are long and short angel detents.

other than actually going with a purple or a red loctite, i really don't know. this is a conundrum.

[TyeStick]

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[TwilightG]

I think these are the System-X detents. AGD detents work just fine.

when screwing them in (before the thread lock cures), rub your finger inside the body to make sure that only the ball portion of the detent is inside the body. If you can feel the threads, it's in too far and the bolt will shear it off.
a thick o-ring will help from over tightening but you still need to check this.

as for the ReTents that you mentioned, they're not much better than what you have pictured. They're just another re-buildable detent. Of course, if the front is sheared off by the bolt, it won't matter what brand you used because it'll be trashed.

[RogueFactor]

Those appear to be the original Kila detents before they were redesigned. If you are using those on a ULE body, you should be using the thicker o-ring. The thin o-ring pictured was for use on Tac-bodies. This is true for all detents used on mags, including the AGD detents.

If you use the thinner o-ring on ULE bodies, the detents will screw too far into the body and cause issues.

[TyeStick]

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[OPBN]

Doesn't even look like its protruding into the breech.

[Flatliner333]

Just a shot in the dark but if they have been shot out as many times as you say couldnt the threads in the body be stripped out by now ?

[TyeStick]

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[shaggie]

Are the threads stripped out of the body?

[TyeStick]

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[Nobody]

i would say that IF you have another gun, to swap bodies and see if you can shoot them out in a controlled setting(indoors shooting reballs or something, so you can find the detents if they do shoot off) and see if it is the body or the gun that doing it. basic elimination. cause, you have me stumped on this one.