I recently picked up an LCS SK19 in 30 cal from the classifieds on May 1st. Since then I’ve only put one mag thru it just to see how it performs behind the chronograph. Very impressive as I’ve got it shooting 44.75’s at 966, with more power to spare but I stopped there. I had to send the gun back to AOA for a manufacturers defect repair, and I finally just got it back last Thursday.
One of the first things I did, besides create an o ring list, is to convert all fasteners to stainless. After doing fastener conversions on my wildcats and impact, along with other impacts for friends, I’ve come to like the look of stainless hardware on black. The LCS was no different in the final appearance-
I’ve worked on enough air guns to know that Allen head socket cap screws that are accessed a lot can easily be stripped or have the sockets rounded off, and stainless is actually worse for that that the factory hardware. So as an example, certain fasteners like on the impacts scope rail and the top tie plate, I opted for stainless Torx fasteners so as to rule out the possibility of rounding off the socket heads.
on the LCS, the area I will be accessing most are the two barrel clamp bolts so I can clean the barrel to my hearts content with no worries of socket head strip. I also opt for Torx head anytime I really need to put some muscle onto a fastener, and on the LCS the two scope rail bolts along with the bottom pic rail bolts really need some cinching down.
I want to warn fellow LCS owners about what I found out on the scope rail. When I first got the gun, something on the scope rail just didn’t sit with me right, and I took the palm of my hand and slapped it onto the front of the scope rail and the rail popped right off of its track. When I went to loosen the factory bolts they were on there really snug, too. So snug, that that scope rail should not have popped off by me slapping on it!
So fellow LCS owners, you may want to check and see how truly snug your scope rail is mounted onto your receiver. I would hate for you to be one carrying the gun by the scope and you hear a crash as you now see your $2K gun on the ground!
With the stainless Torx bolts I was able to really lock it down good.
One of the first things I did, besides create an o ring list, is to convert all fasteners to stainless. After doing fastener conversions on my wildcats and impact, along with other impacts for friends, I’ve come to like the look of stainless hardware on black. The LCS was no different in the final appearance-
I’ve worked on enough air guns to know that Allen head socket cap screws that are accessed a lot can easily be stripped or have the sockets rounded off, and stainless is actually worse for that that the factory hardware. So as an example, certain fasteners like on the impacts scope rail and the top tie plate, I opted for stainless Torx fasteners so as to rule out the possibility of rounding off the socket heads.
on the LCS, the area I will be accessing most are the two barrel clamp bolts so I can clean the barrel to my hearts content with no worries of socket head strip. I also opt for Torx head anytime I really need to put some muscle onto a fastener, and on the LCS the two scope rail bolts along with the bottom pic rail bolts really need some cinching down.
I want to warn fellow LCS owners about what I found out on the scope rail. When I first got the gun, something on the scope rail just didn’t sit with me right, and I took the palm of my hand and slapped it onto the front of the scope rail and the rail popped right off of its track. When I went to loosen the factory bolts they were on there really snug, too. So snug, that that scope rail should not have popped off by me slapping on it!
So fellow LCS owners, you may want to check and see how truly snug your scope rail is mounted onto your receiver. I would hate for you to be one carrying the gun by the scope and you hear a crash as you now see your $2K gun on the ground!
With the stainless Torx bolts I was able to really lock it down good.
