Proper amount of torque on scope base mounting screws?

[Gabe1972]

Nope... All Leupold Torx bits. Use FAT wrench on and off, just start with gradual torque to get them loose, don't go full retard on them...

Torx is great. Nearly impossible to strip the head and I wish that the scope base screws were Torx. I could always take one of the screws that came with the new base (they were standard flathead screwdriver so I didn't use them and reused the screws from the gun) to a hardware store and see if I could find a screw just like it with the Torx head. I know it would be nearly impossible to find one with the same threads, the same tapered neck and the correct length, although the length I can fix. Allen screw heads are fairly easy to strip, especially small ones like these. I see they sell replacement screws on the site for $2 per screw, and I was thinking about getting four just for backup.

I had to look up what an FAT wrench was, not knowing it was the thing that I asked about and added the link to. LOL.