i do not have access to torque screw driver at this time so just used the small Allen key style wrench that commonly comes with mounts. i tightened down my aimpoint comp ml3 in my larue cantilever mount as directed using holding the key by the small end and then after every thing was tight i gave the screws a little more love holding the key by the long end just to get every thing uniformly tight. nothing crazy, just tight. am i okay? how crazy do you have to go before you are doing damage to your optic? what are the dangers of going too tight? does it sound like i have exceeded those dangers by doing what i have described?
Rifle Scopes over tightening aimpoint comp in larue mount?
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Re: over tightening aimpoint comp in larue mount?
cool. just wanted to check. so many measurements and procedures get tossed around here for mounting scopes, it knocked me off my square. i guess for a medium -long range scope you do have to be more precise and anal when mounting. but, with a red dot like an aim point i was pretty sure that as long as it was snug and force was distributed evenly....then i would be good to go. let me guess.....my aim point mounting methods are ill advised when comes to mounting a scope in rings? btw, i will be mounting a scope in rings coming up here soon. is there some safe method i can use when mounting other than buy an expensive digital read-out torque driver?
cool. just wanted to check. so many measurements and procedures get tossed around here for mounting scopes, it knocked me off my square. i guess for a medium -long range scope you do have to be more precise and anal when mounting. but, with a red dot like an aim point i was pretty sure that as long as it was snug and force was distributed evenly....then i would be good to go. let me guess.....my aim point mounting methods are ill advised when comes to mounting a scope in rings? btw, i will be mounting a scope in rings coming up here soon. is there some safe method i can use when mounting other than buy an expensive digital read-out torque driver?
Re: over tightening aimpoint comp in larue mount?
You can short-cut it with these methods, but it doesn't mean it's the best way. There's a big difference between what I do in my garage with my own gear and what I do at work when I have no other options. Alternatives work, sometimes quite well, but there's a reason for doing it right too.
My advice is get yourself the Borka torque wrench if you're going to be doing this more often. The best kit going and I wish I had one four years ago when I really needed it.
You can short-cut it with these methods, but it doesn't mean it's the best way. There's a big difference between what I do in my garage with my own gear and what I do at work when I have no other options. Alternatives work, sometimes quite well, but there's a reason for doing it right too.
My advice is get yourself the Borka torque wrench if you're going to be doing this more often. The best kit going and I wish I had one four years ago when I really needed it.
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