I have one and I use blue loctite as well, love it.
My son runs one and he did not loctite it, no issues in 4 months of hard use.
The hanger is great, at least a half dozen guys at the clubs I shoot at have bought one since we did.
Also Ben's proshop is great, I took his class in April and they sent one out overnight so my son would have it in time.
Zev has had great customer service in my dealings with them. I returned a trigger for a complete refund including shipping, I have ordered other parts which were always delivered on time and I have called them for advice numerous times. They have always been very helpful.
I had the same issue with Berry's plated in my Gen-4 34, switched bullets and the issue went away. I now get around 3.5" @25 yds most of the time with Xrteme 124 gr HP.
For whatever reason my Gen-4 34 did not like that family of bullets, the Extreme has a concave base and thicker plating, it shoots fine. Jacketed shoot about an inch better.
Good luck, you can solve it with a little experimentation.
Thanks for the replies... It's funny, I cuss the small primer brass and throw it away when I find it because it screws up my loading, never even considered using it...LOL
I am sick of changing primer sizes in my press, how tough is it to change my single stack over .40?
Will the breech face work if I change barrels and extractors, or do I need a whole new top end and ejector?
Will a non-ramped barrel run?
I tried the high heat red permatex from the auto parts store, for me it did not hold. The green stuff from Dawson has worked perfectly. For whatever reason I only had this issue on my gen 4 34 with a .315 front sight. Every other gun and sight before this one has always been OK with the high heat red stuff...
Do yourself a favor and order a tube of green loctite from dawson when you order your sight. I tried red and had the front sight come loose more than once, with the green it hasn't budged.
Over 15,000 through my Gen 4 34, no issues other than some light strikes with a Ghost reduced power striker spring. Gun runs great.
I also suffered from slide bite, sold a Gen 3 for the Gen 4 with beavertail, made a big difference, no issues at all.