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Originally Posted by Ken3134
The most common reason scope are sent back to the manufacture for warranty that usually is not fixable is from overtorquing screws on scope rings. If a person is confident that they can tighten them to the proper torque 15 to 18 inch lbs by feel have at er. Reality is most can’t tell without a torque screwdriver.
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The fact is that many of us have been installing scopes long before torque screwdrivers were common. Leupold data actually used to state that the length of the allen key was specifically chosen, because the average person couldn't easily overtighten the mount screws using only their bare fingers and the allen key provided. The screws are now torx head, but they still include the wrench with rings and bases . Now if you use a longer wrench, or a ratchet or even a screwdriver handle, you can put enough pressure on the screws to break them or damage a scope, but using the wrench supplied with the rings, you have to really try to overtighten them.