What torque screwdriver?

[ShooterMcgavin]

Does anyone have certain Torque Drivers they swear by?

I am looking at doing all my own scope/ring/rail mounting and am a bit overwhelmed by all the options.

What's the best option out there?

Thanks!

 

[JohnJohnson]

Personally I use Fix It Sticks for everything.

 

[TREE ‘EM]

The first and biggest question is, what’s your budget?
There are several decent, reasonably accurate torque drivers at the low end of the spectrum, such as Fat wrench, some of the simple fixed setting drivers, and harbor freight offerings.

If you want absolute precision, nothing beats snap on.

 

[Grady.J]

Unknown munitions notes on their Tikka rings page that they prefer the manual(not electronic) wheeler fat wrench for scope mounting. If it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me.

 

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[Dtharvester]

Another for Wheeler Fat Wrench doing the trick, and they’re not expensive.
I’m likely gonna set aside couch change till I get a base set of Fixit sticks, but that’s for use in the field. I’ll still have the Wheeler at the bench, and for double backup redundancy.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Not an expert but I went DIY a while ago after I watched some gun store Rambo mount an AR scope for me eyeballing the level and gorilla twisting the screws. I have mounted a dozen rifles since then.

Fat wrench has done just fine for me. Get a few levels of various kinds. A deck of playing cards is handy as shims.

I also highly recommend building or buying a gun vise to work in. I use a Tipton ultra I got on sale at cabelas for $100. Starting out with a level gun makes the scope leveling a lot easier and a highly adjustable vise makes that easy. You can get the same result with some wood and shims, but the vise is nice.

 

[Dtharvester]

Not an expert but I went DIY a while ago after I watched some gun store Rambo mount an AR scope for me eyeballing the level and gorilla twisting the screws. I have mounted a dozen rifles since then.

Fat wrench has done just fine for me. Get a few levels of various kinds. A deck of playing cards is handy as shims.

I also highly recommend building or buying a gun vise to work in. I use a Tipton ultra I got on sale at cabelas for $100. Starting out with a level gun makes the scope leveling a lot easier and a highly adjustable vise makes that easy. You can get the same result with some wood and shims, but the vise is nice.

Ditto on the Tipton vise. I take it for granted that most would have one. Very useful for so many things , but definitely invaluable for leveling a rifle for optics.

Get a Wheeler manual instead of FixIt sticks and use the leftover money to get a good gun vise.

 

[willidru]

I use the Wheeler Fat Wrench, seems to work fine. Nothing special. I would recommend getting better bits than what it comes with.

 

[iwearshorts]

I have this older version of this that isn’t electronic and it’s worked well.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-8-40-in-lbs-1-4-in-Drive-Electronic-Torque-Screwdriver-H4DETSD/320878881

 

[Jamr]

I have the Wheeler Fat Wrench as well and like it. I will eventually get a set of Fixit sticks for my hunting pack.

 

[ScottP76]

I really like the Fix-it Sticks, I should have bought the single torque bits though

 

[ljalberta]

I had the digital wheeler wrench, manual wheeler wrench and fix it sticks. I have to say the fix it sticks are handy due to the packability and size but I think the manual wheeler wrench was probably the most consistent. From testing I’ve seen as well, they seem to be the most accurate. I hated the digital wheeler wrench as it was finicky.

I only own fix it sticks only now (with the high end variable bit and low end variable bit and a couple preset limiters) and prefer them if something is going with you in a range bag or the truck. But if you’re not torquing over 65 inch/lbs and don’t care about the case being a little bigger, then it’s the best deal in my books.

 

[Axlrod]

I have had a fat wrench for 10+ years. I bought the fat stix last year, I like them a lot.

Wheeler F.A.T. Stix Torque Wrench Set

Introducing the new F.A.T. Stix Preset Torque Wrench Set, complete with the most accurate torque limiters on the market and 12 popular bit sizes to give...

www.midwayusa.com

 

[waspocrew]

I have a Fat wrench and fix it sticks. I use the fix it sticks WAY more than the fat wrench. Both have their place, but the fix it sticks go with me everywhere.

 

[Louro]

Another plug for the FAT wrench. I had my for a long time. You just got to make sure that after every use you set it back to 0.

 

[Bert01]

I have the fat wrench and fixit sticks. If it’s only for scope rings and bases and you don’t need 65inlbs of torque I actually like the WERA torque driver the best.

WERA

 

[Dos XX]

For torque screwdrivers, I use the Wera screwdrivers. I have the one posted above, and I have the one that has a right angle handle that goes to 55 in lbs. They will do anything scope related. I have a Norbar 3/8" drive adjustable torque wrench for bigger stuff.

 

[Acharenio]

Fat wrench works very well for me

 

[SchwarzStock]

I prefer a small 1/4 or 3/8 drive torque wrench, much more flexible in use and for holding what I am working on, I really like the Bisley vice from Lothar Walther. It has one set of jaws padded with cork for holding delicate stuff and good hard jaws to hold other things. The jaws can be rotated around to get the needed angle for what you are doing. Super for doing scope/sight work and great for cleaning. I shoot a lot of black powder cartridge and clean the rifles after I fill a bucket with very hot, soapy water and set it on the floor beneath the vise. I then put the muzzle of the barrel in the bucket and clamp the rifle in the vise so I can run a tight patch back and forth in the barrel drawing the hot/soapy water in and out. Cleaning a gun this way takes less time than the set-up. cleaning the cases in another issue.

At one point Brownells sold these vises but I cannot access their US website anymore, they blocked it for Germany.