Torque Torque Torque

skinnylizzy

What do you guys use to Torque your action screws? I'm struggling to find a torque wrench that will adjust to a low enough setting and I'm really struggling to find an adjustable torque screwdriver that is not an outrageous price. I don't want to spend €130+ for a screwdriver I won't use all that often.

Any suggestions? Tips? Hints?

Cheers lads.

One shot on kill

Well to be honest I looked and know a few decent tool suppliers who owe me a favour or two. But to be honest anything that was right for the job was expensive. I'm just hoping aldi come out with one soon enough.

willcork

Had exactly the same problem, priced everywhere but nothing under about €100. Untill I walked into B&Q and picked one up for about twenty quid, delighted.
It's graduated in newton metres and kg/cm so you will have to do some conversions to get your 56 inch pounds but otherwise its ideal.

tac foley

1 newton metre = 8.85074579 inches pound force.

tac

It wasn't me!

I use a Gehmann one I got from Intershoot but they're currently doing a screwdriver kit that I know a few of the top shooters around are using and like a lot.

Link

Yes, it's expensive, at £85, but when it's something like shooting, you can throw an awful lot of money away just on expensive ammo wondering why things aren't good. It's pretty cheap as far as peace of mind goes.

clivej

Wheeler Fat Wrench does it for me

juice1304

I have bought from here and i must say what a service the man is a gent and had my order shipped four hours after ordering. He also has ITAR authorization.
http://kinneysshootingsupply.com/tools-equipment-torque-wrenches-c-17_127.html?osCsid=61076634f1a8aa93883b5effa08c1c86

zeissman

I also use the wheeler fat wrench.
I prefer a wrench in in/lbs to one in newton meters because most of the info on torque settings is in in/lbs.

IRLConor

zeissman wrote: »

I prefer a wrench in in/lbs to one in newton meters because most of the info on torque settings is in in/lbs.

I suspect it depends on the rifle manufacturers. Most of the rifles I use are European in origin and all their info is in Newton meters. I presume US manufacturers document/advise torque settings in inch pounds.

Either way, the torque wrench I use is the one linked to by It wasn't me! above. It's pretty good, and it's marked in both sets of units. I previously had an AHG one like he has but it broke very quickly. I break the rifle apart to go in a hard case so a good torque wrench/driver is a must.

Vegeta

That's a seriously tidy case Conor. Colour me jealous.

IRLConor

Vegeta wrote: »

That's a seriously tidy case Conor. Colour me jealous.

Well, it's slightly less tidy now after 3 years of use. Still, it looks roughly like that now. It's just a Peli 1700 with the foam carefully cut out.

Sparks

I'm still using the AHG wrench (same model that IRLConor broke), and for the same reasons (you'd imagine it'd be less critical with airguns, and it generally is, but it'll still bite you if you just use the anschutz hex key with the finger indents!). Don't know how IRLConor broke his, it's probably all the shiny on his rifle But the AGH model is probably the smallest one around and when you're trying to pack fifty things into the case to go to a match, that counts.

IRLConor

Sparks wrote: »

Don't know how IRLConor broke his

Neither do I! It went back in the case after use (you can see it in the pic linked above) and one day it came out busted.

Sparks wrote: »

But the AHG model is probably the smallest one around and when you're trying to pack fifty things into the case to go to a match, that counts.

Definitely. My current one lives in my kit bag instead and it's a bit irritating at times that it doesn't fit easily in the case.

skinnylizzy

Thanks all for the advise. I think the Wheeler Fat Wrench is the way to go. Great price and seems the tidier of the options. Cheers lads.

zulu_dawn

this is the best torque wrench i have seen and good value for money
http://www.borkatools.com/default.html

UK dealer here -
http://www.brockandnorris.com/