Rem 700 question

[gila_dog]

I have a late 60s vintage Rem 700 ADL 30-06. What is the correct procedure for tightening the 2 screws that hold the action/barrel to the stock?

[beemanbeme]

I have owned many, many M700's over the years and do not know of any torque values for the screws but I have always been told to loosen the wrist screw first and tighten it last. This is to avoid undue stress on the thinnest part of the stock.
 In practice, I tighten them down firmly with a proper screw driver(s) without trying to gorilla them down. 

[gila_dog]

By "wrist" screw I assume you mean the one that's farthest toward the butt, near by the trigger guard. Izatso?

[pdh]

Synthetic & wood stocks should be hand tight, which is 30 to no more than 35 inch pounds. The Sendero & Police stocks are tightened to 45 inch pounds from the factory. -(out of remington's website.)-

This is the tool I use to torque down the action screws....called the Wheeler Engineering( FAT) Torque Wrench Screwdriver

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=718023

I put one of my 700's in a HS Prescision stock...and they said to tighten the action screws on it at 65 inch pounds....

[beemanbeme]

Yes, the part you hold with your "trigger finger" hand.

[gila_dog]

Thanks for the info. For the sake of accuracy and consistency I just want to make sure I do it the right way, and the same way, each time. Wrist screw (closest to the butt) gets tightened last, and loosened first.