What torque screwdriver?

TaperPin

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I also use a normal torque wrench. Cheap screwdriver type torque wrenches are not known for being all that accurate. In my mind the biggest advantage is being able to occasionally check the accuracy using nothing more than a bench vice to clamp the square end, a gallon jug hung off the handle to trickle water into until it “clicks”, a kitchen scale to weigh the water, and Jr High School math to multiply the inches from center the jug was hung at, and the weight of the jug when it tripped the wrench. Most guys with screwdriver types have no idea if it’s accurate or not.
 

Shortschaf

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+1 Wheeler fat wrench. Got on clearance for $40. For this application, I cant imagine spending the money they want for FixitSticks, but those seem nice too
 
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"Most guys with screwdriver types have no idea if it’s accurate or not."

City boy mentality: Blind trust.
Most industrial torque wrenches and screwdrivers are stated at 6% accuracy. The Wera's are 6%. Norbar makes some torque wrenches that are 3%.

6% is plenty accurate for scope mounting. I use the Wera drivers. I sell torque equipment and have about 30k worth of electronic torque equipment in an aluminum carrying case. The Wera works fine for scope mounting.

The fixit might be fine too. I have never seen one in person.

For a mere 6% accuracy I would rather invest more in training my right wrist with 16oz curls!
 

171farm

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Fit it sticks for me. I currently have the torque driver, but will be getting the torque limiters for the dedicated jobs. Not really a fan of the driver because you could be slightly over or under weight since there isnt any kind of indication you hit a weight other than lining up two lines...depending it could be hard to see if the drive is twisted away.
 
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There is always someone trying to sell a gadget to improve your rifle/shooting ability. In the late 1980's we had a guy show up wanting us to buy his scope level. It was a plastic ring with a glass level that was supposed to be inserted between the ocular end of the scope and the scope cover. Didn't take long before one the the glass levels broke loose and hit someone in the eye....

On the prototypes of what became the M24 sniper rifle we used regular torque wrenches. When the M24 was introduced the tool kit included the Seekonk torque wrench. Not because it was better but because it was soldier proof. If you want a preset wrench I recommend it.
 

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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.
 
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