bodywerks
07-07-2010, 04:11 PM
I'm thinking of doing away with the wedge entirely - too finicky. Haven't delved too much into it with this Choate stock, but I took my standard accustock rifle out today that I just bolted the action back into, and tightened according to the instructions. I shot a nearly 2" group at 50 yards!!! Rechecked torques and found that the screws were all looser than I had previously set them to. I re-torqued the wedge, torqued both action bolts to 55in/lbs, and loosened the wedge and shot a 5/8" group at 100 yards. Thought I was all set so I went out to 500 yards and was all over the place - I can usually shoot 1-1.5MOA consistent. Rechecked the screws and the front action screw was loose. Retorqued, fired, rechecked, and the front one was loose again! Bottom line, it's time to do a skim bedding!