Torque help

[Lou Tenant]

I picked up a used 110e in 223 as a first build project . I took the action out of the stock to clean it up, bed the lug,and repair the rear trigger screw which was stripped out. A search showed the wood stock torque to be 30 - 35 in lbs. I torqued it down and it bound up the bolt. Is the torque spec different on this series wood stocks ?

Thank you

[drybean]

Need to install pillars ,an make sure the action screws are not to long

[olddav]

Stock could have been compressed over time. A simple solution is to just cut the screw or grind it down.
The best solution is to install pillars.

[Lou Tenant]

I will have to explore the pillar idea. I have never done it before.

Thank you.

[m12lrs]

I will have to explore the pillar idea. I have never done it before.

Thank you.

might be a trick to it that I don't know but I just did it for the first time recently. Getting those pillars lined up correctly is definitely not easy.

[RC20]

I am a bit confused.

The rear wood screw should have nothing to do with bolt bind.

Does it bind when its not in?

If so, can you screw it in lighter than that? I don't see that requiring a toque spec so not sure rear action screw is not getting mixed up.
(sort of, all fasteners do, its just most are not critical and worth spending the time on)

It would seem the other work may have something out of whack.

That's a pretty solid piece of steel to be affected by a holding fastener.

Front action screw getting too deep into its hole would affect a bolt.

[Lou Tenant]

The wood screw doesnt have anything to do with the action binding. The action binds up when I torque it down to 35in lbs. As someone suggested, the wood may have compressed over time. Unfortunately, I split the plastic trigger gaurd while trying to torque it down so now I need to find a metal replacement. ......

[WV1951]

FWIW, I studied the torque "specs" at length and found that the 35-40 front and 15-20 rear was the proper setting. However, after discussing it here on another thread, the consensus seemed to be just snug it tight and go shoot. I had mine torqued to the 35 and 15 settings, then had to remove the stock for some reason, reassembled, and simply snugged it up. Didn't make any difference in POI and didn't change grouping at all. Granted, this is a synthetic stock, but wouldn't think wood would be any different.

[RC20]

So we are talking about the action screws?

Rear trigger screw to me is the trigger housing screw all the way back (wood)

Rear action screw is a different (to me) beast.

Can we assume the long action screw is in the back and the short one in the front? ()i.e did not get mixed up)

[BillPa]

Getting those pillars lined up correctly is definitely not easy.

A piece of cake, attach the pillars to the action then glue them in.
http://oi40.tinypic.com/sn17k8.jpg

Most times I glue them in and bed both at the same time.
http://oi49.tinypic.com/2va00h4.jpg
A good "How to" > http://www.6mmbr.com/pillarbedding.html

Bill

[Lou Tenant]

Bill, thanks for the link.

[Zero333]

A piece of cake, attach the pillars to the action then glue them in.
http://oi40.tinypic.com/sn17k8.jpg

Most times I glue them in and bed both at the same time.
http://oi49.tinypic.com/2va00h4.jpg
A good "How to" > http://www.6mmbr.com/pillarbedding.html

Bill

Where can I get pre-made pillars like that for a Savage ?

[Lou Tenant]

What do you do with the plastic escutcheon in the stock in the front action screw area .Do you drill it out when you drill for the pillars?
Thanks for the link and tip.