screw torque

[Hank45]

Is there any standard torque for stock and fore end screws, also when the screw is removed from the fore end and the rifle is turned to horizontal is the fore end supposed to hang on the barrel or is it supposed be loose enough to fall into the palm of your hand ? Thanks for your answer, Hank45

 

[rcmodel]

Care to tell us what kind of rifle you are talking about?

Without that, anything said would be a guess at best.

rc

 

[Hank45]

rcmodel, The rifle I am working on is an 1885 Winchester lo-wall, Hank45

 

[rcmodel]

O.K.
I doubt there is any torque data available for a rifle that old.

Just use common sense when tightening the screws.
You want them tight, but not so tight you deform the screw heads or crush the wood.

As for the forend falling off or not with the screw out?

If it is properly inletted to the barrel when it was made, it shouldn't fall off with the screw out unless the wood has shrunk up over time.

rc

 

[Hank45]

Thanks, Hank45

 

[Mac's Precision]

Torque figures are very hard to discuss via the web or telephone. I have had customers ask about how much is too much ...or too little. Many guys are just using a Stanley screwdriver....by hand...and describing how much grunt goes into a screw is hard to verbalize.

There was a running joke at the machine shop I worked in.... "Crank it up till it strips....and back off a quarter turn"

Finger tight, snug, good enough...kinda tighter than most....so it doesn't fall off....are common things I hear over the phone.

Many guys don't have a torque limiting driver.

Cheers
Mac.

 

[triggerman770]

torgue

I have a little torque info.
1/4-28 screws(fillister or socket head) should be no more than 40-45 Inch/lbs
10-32= 20-25 in/lbs
6-48= 18-24 in/lbs
8-40 = 25-30 in/lbs
these can change depending on loacation; wheather it's wood or synthetic stocks or if an alumionum beddig block is in use.
these numbers are based on screw size YMMV