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I know each rifle is an animal unto itself, but concerning the smallest groups, where do you start with the screw torque on the front screw that fastens the barrel to the stock?


Remove the screw?
Lucy Goosey?
Finger tight plus a quarter turn?
Gorilla tight?
Something else?

On my model 70’s I take that screw completely out. The middle screw on the floor plate, I tighten it only enough to hold it in place….hardly anything at all.

Seems to work for me.