Originally Posted by
patrick sweeney
I'm not worried about removing the key screws. I want them to stay put until it is time to replace the carrier key, and then it doesn't matter if I have to put the carrier in a milling machine and cut the heads off.
Agreed, 100 in-lbs is going too far, but as tight as I can get them by hand, and then MOACKS them to death is my preferred method.
Oh, and "carrier key obsession"? If you've seen as many rifles go down from loose keys as I have, you'd be obsessed, too.