remington SA screw length

[corey4]

i bought a 700 AAC-SD a few months ago from a buddy of mine that never shot it.

i bought a used HS precision stock and bottom metal as well, that did not come with the action screws.

i went to put the barreled action in the HS today, and the screws from the stock setup are too long.

before i go cutting the screws down, and fucking it up, what length do they need to be?

thanks!

 

[pyplynr]

Here's Chad Dixon's post from a thread similar to yours

Theres an easy way to set up guard screws for max purchase while ensuring its not running into the bolt.

28 pitch ='s .0357/rev. Common for just about every Rem clone out there.

32 pitch ='s .03125/rev. Common for Winnies and a few others.

Put a screw in till its tight. Have the bolt out of the gun. Now insert the bolt. Back out the screw and count the revs till the bolt falls into battery.

# of revs X pitch (.0357) ='s amount to remove from screw.

In the rear on a rem you do the same thing only you watch and stop once it looks right.

On custom actions like a Defiance you need to be more careful on the back. The threads stop short of the cocking piece track. Dont jam the screw into it as it mucks it up. You have to exercise more patience with these to make them look nice.

Hope this helps.

C.

 

[corey4]

such a simple solution to a simple problem that makes it difficult when you don't know WTF you are doing!

thanks man.

i read in one of the posts from your post quote about someone commenting on grinding the screw down. i don't have a belt sander, grinding wheel, etc.

would a dremel be too much of a hack job to do this? or should i find someone that has a grinding wheel to do it properly? what about the leading thread, how do i true that up? none of the local hardware stores have 1/4-28 for me to buy a nut to thread on, then back it off to true up the leading thread.

 

[pyplynr]

I have used a cutoff wheel on a dremel and then used a small file to chase the last couple threads to the starting thread. Just try to cut it off as straight as possible with the cutoff wheel.

 

[corey4]

thanks man!

 

[corey4]

i turned out perfect!

THANK

YOU

SIR!