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sheared base screws
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<blockquote data-quote="DSheetz" data-source="post: 1883667" data-attributes="member: 91783"><p>Screws and bolts come in different grades make sure you get a grade 8 black screw even for a S.S. receiver as you won't see them any way . It used to be that torque specs told you to wet or dry torque for screws and bolts , wet torque refers to lubed especially the shoulder of the screw so that friction doesn't cause a false reading . You may try laying a lap in the bottom rings to see if the mount is true and you don't have undue stress on the scope and base's . When you bed base's to your action you don't really glue them to your action as you use a release agent on your action and are just filling any gaps between the base's and action so as to get 100% contact between the two . You will just line up the screws and snug them until the bedding cures , then remove the base's and clean the holes out , then torque the screws . As has been stated before make sure that the screw holes are clean and that the screws aren't bottoming out . I have also seen a foot pound torque wrench used by mistake instead of an inch pound torque wrench but then the screws usually break during the process when that happens .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DSheetz, post: 1883667, member: 91783"] Screws and bolts come in different grades make sure you get a grade 8 black screw even for a S.S. receiver as you won't see them any way . It used to be that torque specs told you to wet or dry torque for screws and bolts , wet torque refers to lubed especially the shoulder of the screw so that friction doesn't cause a false reading . You may try laying a lap in the bottom rings to see if the mount is true and you don't have undue stress on the scope and base's . When you bed base's to your action you don't really glue them to your action as you use a release agent on your action and are just filling any gaps between the base's and action so as to get 100% contact between the two . You will just line up the screws and snug them until the bedding cures , then remove the base's and clean the holes out , then torque the screws . As has been stated before make sure that the screw holes are clean and that the screws aren't bottoming out . I have also seen a foot pound torque wrench used by mistake instead of an inch pound torque wrench but then the screws usually break during the process when that happens . [/QUOTE]
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