Ideal torque for 300 bo barrel nut?

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Trumpet Member Joined Mar 2001 Posts 23698 EE 100% (37) MD, USA	Posted: 1/27/2024 6:28:41 PM EDT Ok, So given that I'm not running a gas system at all, I don't have to worry about timing a barrel nut with a gas tube. What is the ideal torque value for a barrel nut for .300 bo?

User55645 Joined Jul 2008 Posts 11918 EE 100% (24) CT, USA	Posted: 1/27/2024 7:01:48 PM EDT [Last Edit: User55645] [#1] The range is so broad because it's not the driving factor. Torque to 35, shoot a group. Torque to 40/45, shoot a group. Continue. This is the only way to know what your rifle will benefit from. Unless you're relying on Torque for other than barrel harmonics.

bluedog82 Joined Aug 2019 Posts 1010 EE 100% (22) MI, USA	Posted: 1/27/2024 7:08:26 PM EDT [#2] I’d just run whatever the rail manufacturer recommends.

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Posted: 1/27/2024 7:17:48 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By Trumpet:
Ok,
So given that I'm not running a gas system at all, I don't have to worry about timing a barrel nut with a gas tube. What is the ideal torque value for a barrel nut for .300 bo?

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Between 30 and 80

What type of handguard/barrel nut? If a mil-spec nut and drop in handguards you still need to index the barrel nut as if a gas tube was there.

Trumpet Member Joined Mar 2001 Posts 23699 EE 100% (37) MD, USA	Posted: 1/27/2024 7:46:24 PM EDT [#4] Probably end up going with an SLR rail. From what I've read it's best to keep it in the lower range, so I'll just crank it down to what it says in their directions.