Individual rifles use individual amounts of torque for it's barreled action.
You have to "experiment" with different inch/pound combinations to find out which combination gives YOUR individual rifle the greatest accuracy.
Remington's recommendation of "30 to 35 inch/lbs for both" screws is pretty darned heavy... about all a normal man can put on a screwdriver if its blade fits the screw's slot perfectly... depending on the size of the screwdriver's handle. The bigger the handle, the better a man can get a solid grip on it.
An old benchrest shooter once told me that tight screws compress the stock's wood and that benchrest shooters LOOSEN their barreled action screws when they're NOT shooting.
I sorta find THAT hard to believe.. but the old shooter was very serious while telling me this so-called "fact".
I'm currently experimenting with the stock screws on my new CZ453 with a single-set trigger. The front screw is set at 20 in/lbs and the rear screw is set at 25 in/lbs.
When I first removed the barreled action from the stock, both screws were CONSIDERABLY tighter than 25 inch/pounds. In fact, I could barely loosen them without slipping out of the screw-slots. My best guess as to their tightness... perhaps as much as 35 inch/lbs. As a result, I intend to tighten both screws to a greater degree... perhaps up to 30 inch/lbs on the rear and 25 inch/lbs on the front screw... and then, see how accurately the rifle shoots.
At this point, I am considering getting custom-made stock screws that have a allen-wrench head instead of a slotted screw head so that the torque screw-driver tool won't slip out of the screw.
Strength & Honor...
Ron T.
