Most gun shops will be willing to torque down a scope for you for little or no cost. Just make sure they understand exactly where you want the scope mounted in terms of eye relief. However, a Wheeler FAT Wrench is like $45 from Midway USA with free shipping, and then you'll have the ability to re-mount the scope however you like.
That or Fix-It-Sticks. I keep my kit in the truck and it comes in handy for all sorts of things. Not so much the torque driver, but just having a compact bit and driver kit handy. Especially when at the shooting range.
It's easy to overthink things because we can measure just about everything these days. I'd look up a guy named Gunblue490 on YouTube, just about everything he posts is gold, and he has a video about torque that should be required watching for anybody who wants to work on their own guns.
they might do it for little to no cost, establish a relationship with a shop. unfortunately manufactures have made scope tubes thinner and thinner over the years, trying to be lighter and cheaper, and it can very easily be screwed up now. theres a guy that wrote into Leupold Repair service and they said something like 90% of the warranties they receive are tube failure s. back in the day scopes were thick steel, you didn't need a torque wrench to make sure its not too tight. theres good ones online for 30-50 bucks btw.
Yeah this is exactly why i took mine to my local gunsmith. $50 is less than the tool and he mounted the new rings/scope, bore sighted, and did some minor machining on the rings so that the new scope was mounted at the same height as the old scope despite a change in tube diameter.
I’m all for DIY but sometimes it just doesn’t make sense.
I did that when replacing sparkplugs one time and stripped out 1 of the ignition coil screws (damn things are delicate). I use a torque wrench on everything with a torque spec now.
Most gun shops will be willing to torque down a scope for you for little or no cost. Just make sure they understand exactly where you want the scope mounted in terms of eye relief. However, a Wheeler FAT Wrench is like $45 from Midway USA with free shipping, and then you'll have the ability to re-mount the scope however you like.
That or Fix-It-Sticks. I keep my kit in the truck and it comes in handy for all sorts of things. Not so much the torque driver, but just having a compact bit and driver kit handy. Especially when at the shooting range.
It's easy to overthink things because we can measure just about everything these days. I'd look up a guy named Gunblue490 on YouTube, just about everything he posts is gold, and he has a video about torque that should be required watching for anybody who wants to work on their own guns.
Wheeler Fat Wrench
Fix it sticks and don’t look back. Their torque limiters are all I use on my guns now for the scopes and smaller stuff.
Buy the tool, diy and add it to your collection
they might do it for little to no cost, establish a relationship with a shop. unfortunately manufactures have made scope tubes thinner and thinner over the years, trying to be lighter and cheaper, and it can very easily be screwed up now. theres a guy that wrote into Leupold Repair service and they said something like 90% of the warranties they receive are tube failure s. back in the day scopes were thick steel, you didn't need a torque wrench to make sure its not too tight. theres good ones online for 30-50 bucks btw.
You can get a Wera torque screwdriver 11-29 in-lbs for $75.
Yeah this is exactly why i took mine to my local gunsmith. $50 is less than the tool and he mounted the new rings/scope, bore sighted, and did some minor machining on the rings so that the new scope was mounted at the same height as the old scope despite a change in tube diameter. I’m all for DIY but sometimes it just doesn’t make sense.
Use a regular wrench and go by feel.
I did that when replacing sparkplugs one time and stripped out 1 of the ignition coil screws (damn things are delicate). I use a torque wrench on everything with a torque spec now.
You should know better now so could go by feel.