Nielsen Action Torque Setting?

[Blindbat]

OK guys, what settings do you recommend to torque a Nielsen action in a standard stock.

[tachyon]

Here is an article on suggested torques for the various rifle components we torque up.

https://precisionrifleblog.com/2013/03/ ... fications/

As you will notice a common value is 65 in/lbs for action screws but...

Assuming by "standard stock" you mean a wood stock without aluminium pillars you should probably not exceed 35 in/lbs because (depending on the wood) at some point you will start to crush the timber. That said, Anschutz suggest 5Nm (44 in/lbs) for their factory wooden stocks.

What we want from our action screw torque is enough to stop the action moving (and bedding it properly is really the way to go for that), tight enough to not come undone due to vibration/recoil, and a repeatable setting so we can take the action out and put it back and have it the same as it was last time.

So, the ballpark would be at least 25 in/lbs and probably no more than 45 in/lbs with the reality that any value in that range will probably be ok.