Does Loctite alter torque on scope rings

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Cases like this, I would look at the tool used to apply the torque.

Fat Wrench may have gone belly up.

I tested several of them. There was some error with each as I recall, but one was way off. It was repeatable but the value on the scale didn't match the torque applied. Another would not always click.

The only time I have seen tubes severely crushed was from a defective tool.
 

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The design of the hyperlite top ring half would easily allow them to taco and pinch a thin scope tube without a whole lot of torque on the screws.
 
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There is also the "feels good" and mark method that works well.

Think about what you are doing. If you have a narrow cap with 48tpi screws, you are going to need to be more careful than a wide cap with 32tpi screws.

Snug it up to contact, square it up and mark it with a sharpie or paint.....fire a dozen rounds and check for tube slide.

I have a sightron s8 in their 40mm rings which is a very heavy scope in very narrow rings and it lives on an edge that isn't exactly friendly to scopes....but it stays put and hasn't crushed.

6 screw caps are a tough one to get right at first. You'll be chasing torque for a long time as you try to equalize the screw load. Do not load one edge or you'll crush it.
 

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I have had two sets of these Hyperlite rings stripped the threading already

 

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OP, i’m just curious, is there any actual mechanical damage to your scope? Bound up erector? Or is that just some minor cosmetic damage to the finish, as it appears.
 

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Guys, it doesn't change "the torque" the question to ask is if it changes the torque tension relationship.

Tension is what keeps hard joints together, torque is an imperfect proxy for tension.

In a previous life I was the lead engineer for bolted joints at an OEM manufacturing company, we did extensive testing with Loctite and to our surprised the compounds we tested had no statistically significant effect on the tq/tension relationship. Lock patches on the other hand, what a hot bag of steaming garbage those are...
 
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