Thread: Rifle Bedding Opinions

Originally Posted by stagstalker

55 and 65 inch pounds seems like a lot. I could be wrong but on my plastic Tikka stocks I torque to 35 inch pounds to avoid any unnecessary compression and on my carbon stocks with pillars I go 40 inch pounds which feels like plenty.

55 is the recommended torque by Bergara 65 was the recommended torque by the stock on my old rem 700. its tight but not out of the normal range for pillared stocks. Tikkas are a straight plastics stock with no pillars hence the lower recommended torque.