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How so? It looks as though his telling me that a difference he sees in the VT and others he looked at is the former have a two stage trigger. It seems as though the OP recognizes that the trigger on his VT does differ and differs in a way that would interfere with using that rear pillar.
I prefer Winchester Model 70s and haven’t spent much time with the Ruger 77, but it impresses me that what knowledge he shared with me is consistent with the trigger being the issue. |
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I poked around and found this thread. It appears that it will be helpful. Unfortunately the link provided to a more detailed writeup is no longer available.
https://www.rugerforum.net/threads/p...-stock.113669/ Basically, what I always am after is to get the pillars attached SOLIDLY to the action and the stock sitting right where I want it on the upside down barreled action. The aluminum is not that compressible so if you get the pillars centered on the action screws and tight they are going to be the only two places the action will be sitting on once you have them set in the stock right where they want to be and relieve the wood. So, my normal MO is to put a piece of .002 Pipe Wrap on the barrel to about 2 inches in front if the action and free float the barrel from there on out. The barrel droop will be away from the stock so I will put wedges and shims under the muzzle to just give it enough support that it takes away any tendency for the weight of the barrel to act as a lever on the action. I want the action totally relaxed. By the way, I also support the barrel when setting the pillars to make sure that they are not splayed when set. When setting the pillars I make one very light wrap of surgical rubber hose as close to the action screws as I can get it and just snug it down enough to keep everything in place. Once the pillars are fixed to the stock that is the only places I want the barreled action touching anything whatsoever. Then I will either bed the barrel channel and the action in one stage or may bed around the recoil lug using Devcon Steel and come back and bed everything else tight with brown Score Hi Pro Bed. I like how the Pro Bed looks, but I want the recoil lug in Devcon Steel because it has been stable and is uncompressible as far as I have been able to discern. When I do this bedding I torque the false action screws to what I will be using on the rifle when complete. Then before I pull it out of the stock I bed the bottom metal or trigger guard using the action screws I will be using with the rifle. This works very well for me. I don't think that angled action screw is any problem whatsoever except it complicates boring out the stock to accept it and you can't just slide the stock down over the pillars with both attached to the action. Once they are in place and there is no stress other than what the action screws are placing on the action straight down the center of the pillars, you're in like Flynn. If you don't want to bed the barrel channel just dam it off with clay or plumber's putty or cut a big (not huge) soft rubber band, put some release on it and tie it around the barrel and forget the Pipe wrap. Last edited by JDHasty; 07-01-2022 at 09:55 PM. |
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Danny ************************************************** The 11th Commandment: Thou shallt not fold thy Pizza. Products that I am looking for but can't seem to find no matter how hard I look: Leopold Scopes, Forester reloading equipment and Victorianox knives. I video recorded all of my Highpower Rifle matches. Pretty soon I am going to watch them all in reverse order so that I can watch those F Class guys GO HOME and leave us alone so that we can shoot Highpower Rifle. |
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Easiest solution is to pour Devcon Pillars, they come out the exact right length every time.
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Okay, now I have to go uniform some flash-holes..... Dave |
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Good old K.I.S.S. advice. Some just try too make a easy job hard. Thanks Dave for showing the way.
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Thanks to all the information that was provided, it will help with this project.
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Action screw torque
I own a KM77VT in 220 Swift. Target gray finish, laminate stock, 2 stage trigger. As was earlier suggested, proper tightening of action screws in the proper sequence will help Rugers shoot much better. Mine shoots 50 and 55 V-Max with a moderate load of Varget into nice groups.
My suggestion would be to try good handloads and proper action screw torque and you may find that the pillars can wait. |
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