Benjblt
WKR
I'm sure there has already been a couple dozen posts on this already. I have a Remington 700 in 300 WSM. I have a Leupold VX6 mounted with the talley Lightweight Alloy rings. It's tough to know what to torque the bases at and the rings at.
The Bases: Talley just says to reference the rifle manufacturer's specifications. I couldn't find any but typical seems to be around 25lbs. That's what I had it at but I misread some spec's online and retightened them to 30 lbs. There's no way I overtightened them right? The screws seemed to run fine and my bolt functions well. Thoughts?
The Rings: The Talley website says 17-20 for the Lightweight rings. I believe Leupold recommends 25-28 for their scopes. There's not even any overlap. I split the difference since I'm shooting a magnum and went with 24-ish? Thoughts? I can't imagine the scope isn't fine but what's the risk of going more then what Talley spec's?
The Bases: Talley just says to reference the rifle manufacturer's specifications. I couldn't find any but typical seems to be around 25lbs. That's what I had it at but I misread some spec's online and retightened them to 30 lbs. There's no way I overtightened them right? The screws seemed to run fine and my bolt functions well. Thoughts?
The Rings: The Talley website says 17-20 for the Lightweight rings. I believe Leupold recommends 25-28 for their scopes. There's not even any overlap. I split the difference since I'm shooting a magnum and went with 24-ish? Thoughts? I can't imagine the scope isn't fine but what's the risk of going more then what Talley spec's?