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Posted: October/03/2010 at 14:57 |
Anyone know the torque for the 1 piece steel base mount for Rem 700 short action made by Warne Maxima Tactical? I have searched online all night including Warne's website and no specs are listed. The instruction only says to firmly tighten them. I have already installed them without the use of a torque wrench and used blue loctite. Wondering if I should remove them and start over using a torque wrench that I just got. I just have a feeling that it's on there too tight. Using the L wrench it came with, I tightenned it as much as I could per instructions on other websites Badger's instruction in particular. I then used a gunsmithing screw driver with a t-15 head to tighten it even more, turning about 1/4 turn or so. I know it has about atleast 40 in/lbs of torque. I used the torwue wrench on it set to 35 in/lbs and watch to see if it will turn it in more and it didn't which indicates that it's over 35 lbs of torque. SHould I leave it alone or remove it and do again using the torque wrench? But don't know how much torque to use.
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supertool73
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Most bases need 15 in lbs. 35 is pretty tight.
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I removed the base mount and cleaned it up since I lightly smeared loctite underneath the base mount. Cleaned up the torx screws a bit and holes on the receiver. Replaced the mount back using 15 in/lbs of torque. I then tried to tighten some more with the L wrench and it wouldn't go any further, so I guess the rule of thumb to use the L wrench to the tightest you can get it works. I used blue loctite again and hope this is enough torque and that the mount screws don't come loose later on after a few hundred rounds of shooting. I just didn't want to shoot the rifle for the first time knowing the mount screws were over torqued up to probably 35-40 in/lbs atleast, ballpark estimate. Sure would have been nice if Warne had the torque secs somewhere out there.
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Answer from Warne is 25 inch/lbs for all their steel mounts and rings.
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