I’ve torqued my rifles with the torque wrench to values “recommended” by manufacturers, and torqued “tight” as described above, and seen no difference in accuracy. I also know of at least two major top drawer custom rifle makers, both now deceased, who didn’t do it and chuckled at those who thought it mattered. If it makes you happy and you are convinced it works, I’m all for you. My experience has shown me it does not.
And the analogy to tuning a car’s engine just doesn’t hold up. Way different things; an analogy is the worst form of an argument.
