Here is an excerpt from a post I made back in 2019. It is basically telling you the same stuff David told you. It is good if info you are trying to find your way back. Some deviate from this info with no issues, howver if you are trying to find your way back home the data helps. problems.

If you back off the cocking piece thinking that it reduces the bolt lift by changing the spring pressure/preload, you are mistaken.( you have also reduced the amount the cocking piece pin rides up the cocking ramp. By doing this you have....) You have only reduced the amount the firing pin will fall when the trigger is pulled. For every full turn(of the cocking piece) you have shortened the firing pin travel by .036" reducing the energy for igniting the primer. The preload of the spring is not effected by the position of the cocking piece it is effected by the position of the cocking piece sleeve, held in position by the BAS. When the bolt is cocked it further compresses the spring 1/4", the approximate amount the firing pin travels.
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