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How tight should action screws be while bedding sets up?
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<blockquote data-quote="jdyoung" data-source="post: 2003558" data-attributes="member: 113391"><p>I place a white pencil line on the action where the stock meets the front and rear receiver ring. This give me an indication when the barreled action is properly seated in the stock so I don't over tighten. </p><p>You should ALWAYS put bedding studs/headless screws in the holes when glass bedding. Especially the front on a Rem 700 type. On a Rem 700 the front screw hole is open into the internal locking lug area of the action and that <strong><em>epoxy will end up in there for sure</em></strong>. </p><p>It is important to check that the holes for the action screws are centered in the stock then I always place wraps of tape around the barrel about 1/2" back from the forend tip. Use just enough tape wraps to take up the distance the barrel is floated, no more. This will assure the barreled action <em>is</em> centered in the stock. </p><p>When bedding, I always use the bottom metal and I have modified the bedding studs by threading about 3/8" of the portion that sticks through the stock /bottom metal so I can slip a piece aluminum tubbing over the protruding threaded end followed by a nut so I can snug the barreled action into the stock. I don't over tighten these, stop when the outside of the stock meets the white line on the action. </p><p>Shrink tubbing is placed over those threaded ends so no epoxy gets into the thread. Shrink tubbing is removed of course after slipping the studs through the stock bottom metal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdyoung, post: 2003558, member: 113391"] I place a white pencil line on the action where the stock meets the front and rear receiver ring. This give me an indication when the barreled action is properly seated in the stock so I don't over tighten. You should ALWAYS put bedding studs/headless screws in the holes when glass bedding. Especially the front on a Rem 700 type. On a Rem 700 the front screw hole is open into the internal locking lug area of the action and that [B][I]epoxy will end up in there for sure[/I][/B]. It is important to check that the holes for the action screws are centered in the stock then I always place wraps of tape around the barrel about 1/2" back from the forend tip. Use just enough tape wraps to take up the distance the barrel is floated, no more. This will assure the barreled action [I]is[/I] centered in the stock. When bedding, I always use the bottom metal and I have modified the bedding studs by threading about 3/8" of the portion that sticks through the stock /bottom metal so I can slip a piece aluminum tubbing over the protruding threaded end followed by a nut so I can snug the barreled action into the stock. I don't over tighten these, stop when the outside of the stock meets the white line on the action. Shrink tubbing is placed over those threaded ends so no epoxy gets into the thread. Shrink tubbing is removed of course after slipping the studs through the stock bottom metal. [/QUOTE]
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