I picked up an XTR Featherweight in .30-06 with the factory McMillan stock . It was manufactured around 1990, I think, and it's in great shape but it has one problem. Unless I leave the front stock screw quite loose, the screw bottoms and binds on the bolt. It appears that this stock may have been "bedded" at the factory with the hot glue. Regardless of the minimal material used in the factory bedding job, I think I will have to re-bed it, because the bedding and/or the stock appears to have compressed enough to cause the screw to bottom.
As a quick check of my theory, I laid a short length of popsicle stick into the stock where the recoil lug fits and it eliminated the bind. It appears that, along with the forward screw in the recoil lug area, both the trigger guard screws do help to hold the stock to the receiver in this rifle. What's a good torque value for the screws? Also, I've read that bedding about 2" up the barrel from the recoil lug is a good thing for the M70.
Any suggestions are much appreciated.
-Cal
As a quick check of my theory, I laid a short length of popsicle stick into the stock where the recoil lug fits and it eliminated the bind. It appears that, along with the forward screw in the recoil lug area, both the trigger guard screws do help to hold the stock to the receiver in this rifle. What's a good torque value for the screws? Also, I've read that bedding about 2" up the barrel from the recoil lug is a good thing for the M70.
Any suggestions are much appreciated.
-Cal