Torque Wrench

Anything Fullbore rifle related, Hunting, Target, Match.

Moderator: dromia

Message
Author
DW58

Re: Torque Wrench

#11 Post by DW58 »

meles meles wrote:It's going be a lot cheaper to get a colour chart and calibrate your knuckles, ooman.

Pink = not enough inch pounds
Magnolia = just right
White = too many inch pounds
Bright red with a bit of bone showing = finger slipped off the wrench and sliced along the receiver
Priceless!

ImageImageImage
knewmans

Re: Torque Wrench

#12 Post by knewmans »

SevenSixTwo

Re: Torque Wrench

#13 Post by SevenSixTwo »

Torque wrenches?

"Hand tight and a quarter turn" has always done me right. ;)
User avatar
meles meles
Posts: 6335
Joined: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:17 pm
Home club or Range: HBSA
Location: Underground
Contact:

Re: Torque Wrench

#14 Post by meles meles »

That's the magnolia knuckle setting...
Badger
CEO (Chief Excavatin' Officer)
Badger Korporashun



Quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
"Quelle style, so British"
Dannywayoflife

Re: Torque Wrench

#15 Post by Dannywayoflife »

SevenSixTwo wrote:Torque wrenches?

"Hand tight and a quarter turn" has always done me right. ;)
That might work with some stuff but I doubt that the poi would be consistent when changing barrels with that's method mate! Lol
zanes

Re: Torque Wrench

#16 Post by zanes »

Perhaps worth noting 1" lb is ~0.113Nm - perhaps something like one of these (although not a t-driver style) might be usable: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/x-to ... -prod11142 or http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/cycl ... -prod32396
toffe wrapper
Posts: 580
Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:46 pm
Contact:

Re: Torque Wrench

#17 Post by toffe wrapper »

+1 on the clasohlson

TW
User avatar
kennyc
Posts: 2340
Joined: Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:21 pm
Home club or Range: hunters NRPC
Location: Reading West Berks
Contact:

Re: Torque Wrench

#18 Post by kennyc »

Dannywayoflife wrote:
SevenSixTwo wrote:Torque wrenches?

"Hand tight and a quarter turn" has always done me right. ;)
That might work with some stuff but I doubt that the poi would be consistent when changing barrels with that's method mate! Lol
thats why God invented adjustable sights tongueout
Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 3 guests