SAVAGE BARREL NUT TIGHTENING

Opinions vary concerning how tight the barrel nut should be after a barrel change. Some suggest using a torque wrench.
Use of the torque wrench is problematical.
The rotational position of the barrel nut indicates how tight the nut is. Tighter nuts are rotated more than looser nuts.
For any given barrel/action/recoil lug/action set, the position of a barrel nut fiducial marker with respect to recoil lug graduations is a precise and repeatable measurement of barrel nut tightness.
The barrel nut fiducial marker is easily made with a punch or scribe.
Graduations on a recoil lug of +/- ten sixteenths of an inch, with markers at 5 and 10, would do the trick./
And, we sould put those torque wrenches away.
joe b.