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Thank you for the reply. I called this morning to Vortex, but the gentleman didn't seem too confident in his answer of 20 top then 25 bottom.... Glad you clarified. Thank you!
Why no loctite?
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Loc-Tite will give a false reading to your torque wrench (That's probably not the proper technical way to describe it) but basically, it lubricates the threads. This means when you set your torque wrench to 18 inch pounds and it cams over, the screw will have actually gone in to a point that is applying a higher amount of torque than the torque wrench indicates. We've tested this and seen it go as high as 25 inch pounds, which is significantly over our recommended values and more than enough to cause problems in tracking, maintaining zero, etc.
Hope this helps!