Opinion on torque needed for best accuracy??

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voldoc02

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I have gotten several opinions as to the amount of inch -pounds
of torque that should be used on a round bottom Rem. type pillar
bedded stocks when tightening the action screws.. I would like your opinions.
thanks in advance
Doc Stone
 
Yo Doc,


If changing the tension on the screws has any affect on accuracy then your bedding is buggered.


Just tighten with a 3-inch long Allen wrench or an allen-type head in a screwdriver body.............there is no need to find a "torque spec".


To check your bedding you can conduct some simple tests;

-#1 is to loosen the screws and re-tighten using just the short end of the wrench, now gently pinch your fingers into the channel between the barrel and the stock, do this out at the end of the forend, and work the screws. If you feel movement then your bedding is no good. The REAL way to do this is to clik a dial indicator onto the barrel and take a reading off of the forend as you work the front and rear screws, a LITTLE movement is allowed, but just a thou or two.

-#2 is to simply shoot the rifle at 100 yds with varying tension............if your group-center changes (normally up and down) then the bedding is no good. You need a fairly accurate rig for this to work.

-#3 is shoot a five shot group on a calm day but take the rifle apart between shots. This is extreme BUT a properly bedded rifle will shoot a fine group this way.



None of this changes the fact that the folks on LollingaroundYeJollyCampfire.com or Snipers Parodies will make a science out of inch-pounding the issue to a bleeding pulp................but you came HERE :)


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al
 
Thanks alinwa

Good post! You just saved me whatever an inch/pounds torque wrench costs!
 
Great post Al !

I would not torque those guard screws to 65 inch pounds if you have a Remington aluminium trigger guard or a standard bdl floor plate assembly .


Glenn:D
 
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Remington suggests-""Synthetic & wood stocks should be hand tight, which is 30 to no more than 35 inch pounds. The Sendero & Police stocks are tightened to 45 inch pounds from the factory. ""

Pillar bedded, done properly, could stand more torque due to the addition of pillars but I see no reason to do so. I notice on the Centerfire Forum where you ask this question Ricky Bell suggested 65 in/lb so he may know something we don't......not unusual at all!
 
One of my target rifles had a wood stock & no pillars. It shot fine -- in fact best, with just hand-tightened screw tension, about 20-25 inch pounds. But -- the screws kept loosening, what to do? Ah. Blue loc-tite. More work when you take the action out of the stock, but you're not suppose to do that very often anyway.

Whatshisname of Houston Warehouse fame remarked that he had a rifle both glued & screwed, and could get a little more out of it by adjusting the torque on the center action screw. Perhaps all this means is that no bedding job is perfect, or perhaps it was just a vibration/dampening issue.
 
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