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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Hand tight switch barrel accuracy?
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<blockquote data-quote="TRG65" data-source="post: 2004468" data-attributes="member: 103919"><p>It depends on your goal. Yes there are folks that hand tighten, I've heard of some bench resters doing this. However, the chamber should be headspace for this method. Some actions are designed to be hand tightened. But like mentioned the ones designed for this also have the set screws, ala zeus, vector, AI. I was talking to a shooter over the weekend that used a vector and decided to use a barrel set up for hand tightening as a normal torqued in barrel. He said he lost .002 in head space. He said he didn't get the predictability that he was looking for and also had issues striping the set screws even when used recommended torque, so he went back to regular. </p><p></p><p>I'd keep the wrench flat and then keep a torque wrench and crows foot in your kit, so you can be sure to put the barrel back on to the same torque, even if that is only 35 ftlbs or so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRG65, post: 2004468, member: 103919"] It depends on your goal. Yes there are folks that hand tighten, I've heard of some bench resters doing this. However, the chamber should be headspace for this method. Some actions are designed to be hand tightened. But like mentioned the ones designed for this also have the set screws, ala zeus, vector, AI. I was talking to a shooter over the weekend that used a vector and decided to use a barrel set up for hand tightening as a normal torqued in barrel. He said he lost .002 in head space. He said he didn't get the predictability that he was looking for and also had issues striping the set screws even when used recommended torque, so he went back to regular. I'd keep the wrench flat and then keep a torque wrench and crows foot in your kit, so you can be sure to put the barrel back on to the same torque, even if that is only 35 ftlbs or so. [/QUOTE]
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