Thread: Howa 1500 torque settings.

Tight is tight. Seriously people get way too uptight about torque settings on "average" range hunting rifles. As @gundoc said -firm but not ridiculously tight.

If you are shooting for competition or long range Thar then yes, absolutely get an inch/pound torque driver. But if you can afford one do it anyway.

Hunting for most of NZ, tight and then a 1/4 or half turn more. But write it down and do it the same anytime you remove barrelled action. I have never had any noticeable POI shift stock off and on but that may be lucky. All rifles behave in mysterious ways.



Also the nail polish is a good one.