American Rifle scope base question

[GaryO7]

A new American rifle followed me home on Saturday. I saw that it came with Weaver-type scope bases installed at the Ruger factory. Question: are these bases installed with loctite and torqued correctly? The smallest torx tip I have is #15 and that is too big to fit so I cannot re-install the bases..What say you? Thanks...

 

[Noc-Buster]

Thats a good question. I also wondered the same thing. I also bought a new Ruger American in 308.
Im getting ready to set mine up too.

 

[308longdistance]

Well I bought a RAR in 223. I tried to remove the bases and broke the torx wrench. Don't know the size of the torx, as it came with a set of weaver bases I had bought in the past. T-10 maybe.

 

[22/45 Fan]

My .223 RAR came with the bases attached and a check of the bolts showed them to be plenty tight so i left them alone. I wouldn't be surprised if they were Loctited in place but I expect it's a lower strength version.

 

[rangerbob]

If the t-15 is too big, then it'll be a t-10 size. On Ruger inside and out, they use power drivers to tighten the screws at the factory, so they are probably tight, but of course, check them to make sure. Bob! 8)

 

[GaryO7]

Yes, they were tight and took a T-10 size. I will re-install with blue loctite at 25 in. pounds...