Torque setting for tikka T3 action screws.

[courser]

Can somebody tell me the torque settings for the tikka T3 action screws? It is a .223 lite with a walnut unbedded
stock. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Mungo]

35 ft lb is the usual recommendation and what I use.

My understanding is that if you have the original plastic bottom ‘metal’, anything more and the plastic starts to distort.

 

[takbok]

35 ft lb is the usual recommendation and what I use.

My understanding is that if you have the original plastic bottom ‘metal’, anything more and the plastic starts to distort.

I think you mean 35 in.lb

The T3 has steel inserts in the bottom plastic which make it pretty tough.

 

[Longstrider]

Isn't it usual to bear down on them until they shear .. then back off half a turn for safety ?

 

[courser]

The bottom metal is exactly that, metal. I changed it to an after market metal one when I first got the rifle in a plastic stock.

 

[ejg]

I go by 5NM in the plastic floor plate and 5.5-6 NM in metal floor plate. Only if the screws are in the right position with enough screwed in depth.
edi

 

[ejg]

And always remove the bolt out of the action when fitting/torqueing action screws.

 

[Taff]

FT

 

[JTO]

I think you mean 35 in.lb

The T3 has steel inserts in the bottom plastic which make it pretty tough.

Both wrong! Ft lbs or inch lbs is a measurement of energy, not torque.

 

[Mungo]

Both wrong! Ft lbs or inch lbs is a measurement of energy, not torque.

Oh. That’s worth knowing.

What’s torque measured in?

 

[JTO]

Oh. That’s worth knowing.

What’s torque measured in?

lb-ft or lb-inches. OR Newton-Metres

 

[Strongman]

In-lbf or ft-lbf are units of torque whereas lbs - In or lbs - ft are units of energy.

 

[JTO]

In-lbf or ft-lbf are units of torque whereas lbs - In or lbs - ft are units of energy.

What's the muzzle energy of your rifle?

 

[Strongman]

Oops I’ve got this the wrong way round! Covid brain fog.
Basically Torque = Force x Distance
This would be Newton Meters, pound force feet or pounds force inch.
12 ft lbs by the way

 

[DavyG]

Oops I’ve got this the wrong way round! Covid brain fog.
Basically Torque = Force x Distance
This would be Newton Meters, pound force feet or pounds force inch.
12 ft lbs by the way

Are you suggesting that the OP should torque his action screws to 12ft/lbs?

 

[DavyG]

Can somebody tell me the torque settings for the tikka T3 action screws? It is a .223 lite with a walnut unbedded
stock. Thanks in advance for any help.

5Nm is the norm for plastic floor plates…7Nm for metal.
DG

 

[Strongman]

No I was asked what the muzzle energy of my air rifle was in post #13

 

[takbok]

Both wrong! Ft lbs or inch lbs is a measurement of energy, not torque.

Bull****

 

[csl]

Both wrong! Ft lbs or inch lbs is a measurement of energy, not torque.

Energy = 1/2 x mass x velocity²

 

[courser]

Criky!! I wish I hadn’t asked