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    Torque Wrench Recommendations?

    I have one of my PX4 slides in at LTT being machined for a red dot. I emailed them last night to ask about torque specs and got a reply of 10 inch-pounds. I’ve looked online and found some torque wrenches that start at that spec, but I’ve always been told that the extremes on such a tool are suspect. I’d like to get the Wheeler since it’s in the right place price-wise but don’t want to have issues because I cheaped out. What wrenches out there have proven reliable at 10 inch-pounds? Or does it just need to be kinda-sorta around that spec?

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    We did this thread a couple days ago.
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    The Wheeler is a decent cheap option. You can find all the geeked out discussions on some high end premium torque wrench, but for my amateur use, which is putting on RDS a handful of times per year, the Wheeler has worked well. I have used it to torque RDS to spec on several guns with several thousand rounds through each and have had no issues with the screws loosening.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OlongJohnson View Post
    We did this thread a couple days ago.
    I searched and came up empty. Some torque wrenches were mentioned but I didn’t see anything addressing accuracy at the low end of measurement.

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    Wiha tool comes with a cal cert. That should cover the entire rated working range.

    https://www.wihatools.com/adjustable...o-10-50-in-lbs

    Specs say: Torque Accuracy ±6%
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    I bought a set of fixit sitcks and have been happy with them. The only issue that may pop up is that the set I have require me to watch the torque indicator on the equipment and stop applying the force. I got this set as a range bag set.

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    I used it to mount my 507C with no drama.

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    I use a Sturtevant-Richmont CAL-36 torque screwdriver. Range is 2-36 in/lbs.

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    A machinist friend, once told me it is a lot more important that the torque be uniform then the rating.


    I had bought a torque wrench when I was sixteen, and hadn't used it in years (sat in a toolbox), when I started turning wrenchs at a family friends garage, I started keeping my eyes out for tools. At one store I found a new old stock, torque ratchet that was a little more then a year old. That comes into play, because torque specs are, when they are rated, and supposed to be good for a year. I helped a friend who was an aircraft pilot with a project and as a thank you he had my torque wrenches checked and calibrated when he had his done (must be done annually, from memory). My old wrench that sat for 10+ years, had changed by 1%, my brand new old stock wrench was rated at 2%+/- and was 11% off. The rating is only good at the time of the rating.

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    There is also this thread from 2017

    https://pistol-forum.com/showthread....-Torque-Wrench
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