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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => The Shop => : billharmon2 August 24, 2008, 10:06:55 AM

: How tight should stock screws be?
: billharmon2 August 24, 2008, 10:06:55 AM

I took my Beeman RS-2 apart to polish the trigger. When I put everything back together my normally accurate rifle can't find the target at 20 yd. It seems to be shooting very high. I did tighten the screw behind the trigger guard pretty tight as opposed to "snug" same with the screws that are in the fore end.  I have had the gun apart when it was brand new to clean and check everything and when I reassembled it was great. I did loosen and snug the screws down after finding the problem of shooting high. I have not had a chance to test the gun yet. Any help or guidance on this would be much appreciated. This is my first decent springer and I am having fun learnig to shoot it after being use to powder guns for a long time

: Crushing wood is bad, but that is often pretty close.
: 3n00n August 24, 2008, 05:24:23 PM

Try touse a lockwasher and thread locker{at the least} to hold screws in position.

When screws vibrate loose, accuracy suffers.(http://../jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-surprised.gif)

: Re: How tight should stock screws be?
: Jaymo August 25, 2008, 03:32:52 PM

I have used ultra thin CA resin to harden/reinforce wood stocks at screw holes. Definitely stops the crushing of wood fibers. Works best it you can really control where it goes, or if you're going to refinish it.

: Cyanoacrylate works well with cardstock shims, too.
: 3n00n August 25, 2008, 05:57:33 PM

As Jeremy mentioned though, CA can stain or mar the finish, so use extreme caution unless a refinish is already planned.

: Re: How tight should stock screws be?
: billharmon2 August 25, 2008, 11:33:33 PM

Thanks for the help. I backed off the screws and and used blue loctite and a laser boresight tool to realign everthing and all seems well. I have been bitten by the bug and I am enjoying learning hoew to shoot a springer.