by straightshooter » 06 May 2021, 8:01 am
65 foot pounds seems like crazy talk to me.
I don't know whether the Howa uses a thread of 1/4" or 6mm but in either case the absolute maximum torque for a lightly lubricated high tensile strength fastener will be in the range 10 to 15 foot pounds.
Better still put your torque wrench back in it's shrine.
The general rule has been to tighten the front receiver screw as tight as possible without additional aids to leverage, as the case may be with either a correctly fitted flat blade screw driver or a standard hex key.
Then you tighten the rear screw firmly but not as tight as the front screw.
If, with the front screw now tight, you see the rear of the action being pulled deeper into the stock as the rear screw is being tightened then you have a bedding problem.
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