So I took apart my savage FCP-K to fully clean it out. I know the accustock with the wedge are notorious for being a pain to put back together as you have to torque it just right or you will lose alot of accuracy.
To my surprise I had no accuwedge and after some research I have their newer model accustock with no wedge. So I decided to put it back together with the correct torque specs anyways. I drove all around town until I finally found a palce that carries in-pound torque driver and not ft-pound( you need them to be 40 in-pounds). I set the driver to 20 in-pounds to start the front screw off(the one in front of the magazine) and it kept screwing and screwing until I knew for SURE that it was overtightening. So I tried to untighten the screw and its so in there that I ended up stripping the bolt. The POS torque driver must have been a faulty one. So now I got the screw in there and have tried everything and can not get it out. I tried working the bolt and it works flawlessly, meaning the screw didnt go in to far. I don't plan on opening it up for a while, because it looks like the only thing that I can't access without opening is the trigger assembly, which I do not think needs much cleaning ever.
So LONG STORY SHORT does it matter (for accuracy)if you overtighten the stock bolts as long as you don't have the accuwedge model? I tried running a paper under the barrel and its still fully floated, and the bolt works flawlessly.
Any suggestions or knowledge on this would be appreciated.
To my surprise I had no accuwedge and after some research I have their newer model accustock with no wedge. So I decided to put it back together with the correct torque specs anyways. I drove all around town until I finally found a palce that carries in-pound torque driver and not ft-pound( you need them to be 40 in-pounds). I set the driver to 20 in-pounds to start the front screw off(the one in front of the magazine) and it kept screwing and screwing until I knew for SURE that it was overtightening. So I tried to untighten the screw and its so in there that I ended up stripping the bolt. The POS torque driver must have been a faulty one. So now I got the screw in there and have tried everything and can not get it out. I tried working the bolt and it works flawlessly, meaning the screw didnt go in to far. I don't plan on opening it up for a while, because it looks like the only thing that I can't access without opening is the trigger assembly, which I do not think needs much cleaning ever.
So LONG STORY SHORT does it matter (for accuracy)if you overtighten the stock bolts as long as you don't have the accuwedge model? I tried running a paper under the barrel and its still fully floated, and the bolt works flawlessly.
Any suggestions or knowledge on this would be appreciated.