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@ChippedTooth
You have to be massive, or using soft alloyed hubs to strip threads by tightening. It's usually when you try to reuse parts that are already buggered and the whole lot just gives up.
In honesty, if you use cheaper lockrings you'll end up stripping threads (being a heavier fellow I can attest to this). You don't have to spend tons but buy something sturdy. I've broken two and bent one lockring in the last couple of months, solely because I was cash strapped and went cheap. In the long run it was pointless!