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I watched that the other day. I would guess the loctite could have changed the actual torque value, but I don’t know how much. I used to never use it, and did on these and had an issue. I used loctite again with the UM rings but the screws feel much stronger. I also didn’t use their recommended torque of 25 pounds, just 20.
Your scope will slip at 20 in-lbs in UM rings. You have been fed a bunch of BS about ring torque specs- the screws size and thread pitch determine how much torque results in a certain clamping force of the scope tube. 20 in-lbs on the UM rings is equivalent to approx 10 to 12 in-lbs in normal rings.
For UM Tikka rings:
28 in-lbs equals 18 in-lbs clamping load of Nightforce UL rings.
32 in-lbs equals 20 in-lbs in NF UL rings.