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1 Bullseye
Just bought a Manners stock for my Tikka T3 and was curious about the proper torque values for the action screws. The information on the the web seems to vary greatly, so I finally took my torque screwdriver and set it to 25 in.lbs. I turned the screw on my Tikka and increased the the the setting 1 in.lb. till the screw began to turn. Both my screws began to turn at 31 in. lbs, so it is safe to say that the screws were originally set to about 30 in. lbs.
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1 Bullseye
Hi everyone. This is my first post.
So I recently picked up a brand new T3 lite stainless in 6.5×55, a set of DNZ Game Reapers, and a FAT wrench. Santa was especially good to me this year 🙂
Last week I emailed Beretta and asked what is the recommended torque value for the action screws. I received a reply ( from Eric, I believe): 20 inch-lbs. After googling the subject and reading all the posts on the various forums, it seems there is no consensus, so I decided to test the screws in my rifle. I set the fat wrench to 20 inch-lbs and……both screws turned easily. I removed the action, looked everything over, reinstalled and torqued the screws (front to back) to 20, then 25, and finally to 30 inch-lb. 20 just seems way too light.
I haven't shot the gun yet, but will hopefully take her out this weekend for sight- and break-in, and we'll go from there.
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105 Bullseyes
If it's the Eric I know, he most likely meant 20 inch-lbs for receiver screws and not the action.
The action screws have been a debate in many forum post…but most of us are using anything from 30-45
inch-lbs…I currently use 45 inch-lbs for 5 of my tikka rifles with no issues. -
1 Bullseye
Thank you, that is probably what he meant. I just thought it was an odd coincidence that the action screws came from the factory torqued to @ 20 inch-lb which was the same as Eric's suggestion, and figured I would post it up.
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1 Bullseye
35 inch pounds is the correct setting unless pillar bedded.
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