admin100,
No. Today was my sons birthday party, so I spent all day doing that. Perhaps I'll get time next weekend.

Dogcatcher223,
It's not the middle screw as I verified that. I had the middle screw backed out (high enough it was proud of the trigger guard) and screwed the rear screw down to 45in/lbs. I then went down in 5in/lb increments until I had 100% reliability and that was at 30in/lbs.

Steelhead,
It's possible it's due to the bedding job. The smith glass bedded around the recoil lug, 2" worth of barrel and the tang. Perhaps just take some of the bedding off the tang area...?

In any case, I feel better about these torque settings then what they were at when I took the action out of the stock. I went from 40/15 to 65/30. But it's still not at Rugers recommended specs. I'll probably shoot it first before relieving any wood or bedding.

Thanks for the feedback.


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