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What am I doing wrong, and how do I fix it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Black67" data-source="post: 1111520" data-attributes="member: 41359"><p>Big Medicine</p><p> </p><p>I have a newer M70 stainless Featherweight that did simmilar things. Check to see if your barrel and action are straight in the stock. Mine was not, and the barrel would touch on one side of the stock on the forend. Also check the bedding, as mine was done very poorly around the recoil lug and tang/rear bolt area.</p><p> </p><p>For me, I had to clean out the old bedding material, then redo the whole thing. I also pillar bedded mine since mine is in a wood stock.</p><p> </p><p>For the action screws, torque them down to about 50 in lbs in steps (since you should have an Al bedding block with pillars). Start at about 15-20 in lbs for each, then work to 50 in lbs. This works for me, as this is what I was told from an old gunsmith that I knew years ago that did a lot of work on Winchesters.</p><p> </p><p>As for the forend pressure, some of the older guns liked it, some did not. If you do try this, make sure that it is even on the barrel.</p><p> </p><p>Now, for mine, I went from about a 3" group at 100 yards to just over 1" at 100 yards with the same factory load. With some work, I think that I can get it lower.</p><p> </p><p>For the trigger, did you put in an Ernies trigger spring?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Black67, post: 1111520, member: 41359"] Big Medicine I have a newer M70 stainless Featherweight that did simmilar things. Check to see if your barrel and action are straight in the stock. Mine was not, and the barrel would touch on one side of the stock on the forend. Also check the bedding, as mine was done very poorly around the recoil lug and tang/rear bolt area. For me, I had to clean out the old bedding material, then redo the whole thing. I also pillar bedded mine since mine is in a wood stock. For the action screws, torque them down to about 50 in lbs in steps (since you should have an Al bedding block with pillars). Start at about 15-20 in lbs for each, then work to 50 in lbs. This works for me, as this is what I was told from an old gunsmith that I knew years ago that did a lot of work on Winchesters. As for the forend pressure, some of the older guns liked it, some did not. If you do try this, make sure that it is even on the barrel. Now, for mine, I went from about a 3" group at 100 yards to just over 1" at 100 yards with the same factory load. With some work, I think that I can get it lower. For the trigger, did you put in an Ernies trigger spring? [/QUOTE]
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