Ruger 77 Tang Safety - action screws torque setting?

[AIM STR8]

Curious what other owners are torquing their action screws to on this rifle.
Mine is stock wood stock, glass bedded and pillared, & free floated.
I seem to recall reading some were using 60 in/lbs. on the angled screw (front), 35 on the rear, and finger nail tight on the middle.
Does this sound correct?

 

[44hunter45]

Those will work. Some are quoting Ruger saying 95 in/lb on the diagonal screw. I have never had any of mine more than 65 in/lb. Years ago I broke the cast aluminum trigger guard on mine by over-torquing the middle screw. Numrich Arms to the rescue. Just snug it.


I am careful to float the magazine box also. You should be able to move it when the action is torqued. If you can't, you are stressing the action pulling it down to the pillars.

 

[Seamaster]

Your middle and rear screw sound right. If I am working with an action that has not been bedded (wood) I pull 90 on the front. With nicely bedded actions pulling 60 - 70 seems to work well.

 

[Elktrack]

Such a pain in the arse getting to 95 inch pounds with a slotted screw. I switched mine out with socket head cap screws.

 

[44hunter45]

Such a pain in the arse getting to 95 inch pounds with a slotted screw. I switched mine out with socket head cap screws.

Always. Cures my OCD slot alignment issue too.

 

[AIM STR8]

I switched mine out with socket head cap screws.

I did the same. IIRC I used a button head for the front screw in order for the floor plate to close properly (lower height)

 

[std7mag]

Wow!!!
Those sound like really high torque values to me.

When I bedded and did the trigger work on my wood stocked 77 MKII I downloaded the owners manual for the 77/Hawkeye.
It simply states to tighten the front screw "tight" then the other screws.
I called Ruger and they said to "tighten the front screw then the other screws". When I reiterated that I was looking for actual torque values, they couldn't give me one.

So I took the page from my Savage rifles. Front screw to 30inlb with a drop of the purple (222) Loctite.
All 3 of my wood stocked 77 MKIIs and the 77 MKII Stainless Boat Paddle shoot just fine.

 

[AIM STR8]

Those sound like really high torque values to me.

Keep in mind we're talking "inch-lbs" .... The key is consistency

 

[std7mag]

Keep in mind we're talking "inch-lbs" .... The key is consistency

So was I.
I did state "30 inlb" in my post.

 

[AIM STR8]

So was I.
I did state "30 inlb" in my post.

Sorry if I sounded condescending .... The recommended torque value for a 1/4-28 (lug screw) is typically 75-99 inch-pounds (lbs-in). I used 60 in/lb and apparently so have others.

I have read that the M77 can be a little sensitive to how its torqued down and how it affects the accuracy.
If 30 in/lbs works for you, that's great. I like to use a Wheeler FAT wrench instead of by "feel" just to be consistent.
If you break it down for cleaning or whatever and reassemble you can put it back to your 30 in/lbs.