Ever notice a difference if your torque your stock screws?

[bhoges]

I have two Mcmillans and they state you just have to make them tight. Has anyone ever done testing and see if it matters? I have pillars in both rifles and wondering since one isn't shooting well if cranking it up to 55 or 65in lbs would help? Mcmillan bedded that rifle so the bedded it top notch.

 

[Rob01]

What bottom metal you have? When you "just have to make them tight" how tight is that?

 

[mallrat]

Was working on a 4-wheeler a while back and looked in the repair manual to see what the torque spec on the carb bolts was. The manual literally said "Tight enough not to loosen, but not tight enough to break." Well that's helpful, glad I spent the money on the manual.

With your rifle being pillar bedded, I wouldn't think a specific torque would make much of a difference, as long as it's "tight enough", might be different without the pillars.

 

[bhoges]

It has HS bottom metal. As far as how tight. I checked them today and snugged them up pretty good. The rifle gets 2 shots in the same hole and a flyer. Today it got a few good groups but damn does it open up. Ill torque it for next week and see what happens. Its a Nesika action, shilen barrel and mcmillan stock. I even tried my NF42x today. The barrel is free floated and its not touching around the trigger. Weird

 

[wvlapua]

It's probably your load. I've had it happen with my 308. Seating the bullets closer to the lands and switching powder fixed my issue. But the rifle simply may not like the bullet, or you could have a bad lot of bullets. It happens.

 

[Rob01]

Torque it to 55 in/lbs first and see how it does. It might not be tight enough into the stock and moving.