Torque Setting for Picitanny Rail

[D. MacRay]

What torque setting do you all

 use to attach your picitanny rail to your rifle. My rail is a tad loose. I have a Savage Elite Precision 6.5 CM.

[gman47564]

I put a drop of blue lock titer on the screws and torque them to 20 inch pounds.. savages are knowen for the rails to come loose on a new rifle..

[eas1949]

I epoxy them down and blue locktite them.  Torque to 20-25 in lbs.
Eric

 https://www.murphyprecision.com/scope-base-bedding/

[LeadHammer]

Take rail and screws out, clean them with alcohol, wipe all surfaces clean, then torque with blue thread locker. My Savage rail came loose after cleaning then and re torquing them, needs blue threadlocker for sure.

[Rob01]

Take rail and screws out, clean them with alcohol, wipe all surfaces clean, then torque with blue thread locker. My Savage rail came loose after cleaning then and re torquing them, needs blue threadlocker for sure.

That's pretty much what I do. Never used epoxy or bedded one and never had an issue. A little loctite holds it in place with 20-25 in/lbs. Have a Badger base on my 700 that's been there about 20 years and never loosened up and has been used a lot.