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Equipment & Gear => Scopes and Optics => Topic started by: TheHunt on September 28, 2013, 06:23:57 PM

Title: Torque screws on scope
Post by: TheHunt on September 28, 2013, 06:23:57 PM: Mounting a scope (Vortex) on a Rem 7 MM Mag.

Should I put loctite on the screws? Neve had a problem before on the tasco scope that was on it. Just wondering...
Title: Re: Torque screws on scope
Post by: Hunterman on September 28, 2013, 06:27:40 PM: Do you plan on taking the scope off sometime? I never have, and never had a problem.

Hunterman(Tony)
Title: Re: Torque screws on scope
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on September 28, 2013, 06:39:10 PM: I mounted my sons vortex today on his .300wsm and used gun loctite, magnums will vibrate scopes loose.
Title: Re: Torque screws on scope
Post by: Wacenturion on September 28, 2013, 06:55:14 PM: If they are torqued properly they shouldn't loosen. :twocents:
Title: Re: Torque screws on scope
Post by: Bob33 on September 28, 2013, 07:12:49 PM: Quote from: Wacenturion on September 28, 2013, 06:55:14 PM
If they are torqued properly they shouldn't loosen. :twocents:
:yeah:
Title: Re: Torque screws on scope
Post by: JJB11B on September 28, 2013, 07:15:23 PM: Quote from: Bob33 on September 28, 2013, 07:12:49 PM
Quote from: Wacenturion on September 28, 2013, 06:55:14 PM
If they are torqued properly they shouldn't loosen. :twocents:
:yeah:
I am a firm believer in using quality rings and scope bases. Couple that with the proper torque on your mounting hardware you shouldn't need any lock tite
Title: Re: Torque screws on scope
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on September 28, 2013, 07:19:30 PM: I had a scope come loose after many years of use on a hunt, now I use Locktite. Fortunately I had the tools to fix it.
Title: Re: Torque screws on scope
Post by: TheHunt on September 28, 2013, 07:27:49 PM: Yea, I think I am goin go pick up a inch pound torque driver.
Title: Re: Torque screws on scope
Post by: BULLBLASTER on October 01, 2013, 12:35:43 PM: I have never used loctite in any scope mounting hardware and never had anything move or come loose. Just follow manufacturers torque specs and use a quality torque driver and it won't come loose.
Title: Re: Torque screws on scope
Post by: MtnMuley on October 01, 2013, 12:38:46 PM: Quote from: TheHunt on September 28, 2013, 07:27:49 PM
Yea, I think I am goin go pick up a inch pound torque driver.

Wheeler Engineering makes a good kit for scope mounting. Also, agreed, no loctite on the scope rings. Only bases. :twocents:
Title: Re: Torque screws on scope
Post by: Wacenturion on October 01, 2013, 01:16:52 PM: Second the Wheeler torque wrench. :tup:
Title: Re: Torque screws on scope
Post by: BULLBLASTER on October 01, 2013, 07:14:18 PM: :yeah: i have a fat wrench.
Quote from: Wacenturion on October 01, 2013, 01:16:52 PM
Second the Wheeler torque wrench. :tup:
Title: Re: Torque screws on scope
Post by: huntnnw on October 01, 2013, 10:22:28 PM: I have witnessed 2 guns that rode on quads quite abit where the bases or rings came loose...I use loc tite always...I dont need a failure at the worst expected time
Title: Re: Torque screws on scope
Post by: BULLBLASTER on October 02, 2013, 08:33:25 AM: No rifle I own will be strapped to a atv rack or put in those cheesy handlebar gun holders. It will be on my pack or slung on my person. Those atv rifle racks beat the tar out of anything in them they bounce around like crazy. Scoupe mounting aren't the only thing that could be rattled loose in an atv rack.
Title: Re: Torque screws on scope
Post by: deltaops on October 23, 2013, 03:13:43 PM: I use loctite. The blue stuff. :tup: Everyone is different, you do what makes you comfy.
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Post by: Wacenturion on October 23, 2013, 03:49:14 PM: My son has a Browning A Bolt 300 Win. that someone used Loctite on....was going to change out the bases and use a DNZ one piece mount for a new scope. Forget that....damn bases won't budge. Again, proper torque is all one really needs to do. If concerned about rough use and possible loosening, check every so often with the torque wrench. Pretty easy.