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briguy
I really like Winchester rifles, well maybe I should say say Winchester model 70s from the 1970s up to the late 1980s. Anyway I have quite a few of these rifles and on most of them the swivel studs are loose especially the stud closest to the barrel. These loose studs drive me crazy because I always have a sling twisting on me while hunting.
I turn these studs until they are tight but they are not straight when they ge tight and they always loosen again.
What can I do to tighten the swivel studs and make sure they stay tight?
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  • Hawkshaw
    I assume by "closest" to the Bbl, you mean the one in the forearm. My first thought is to ask, is the stud a wood type screw, or a threaded machine screw, with a little acorn nut recessed in the Bbl. channel? If it is the wood screw type, it's probably very short, and has wobbled out the hole in the stock. If that is the case just replace the wood screw type with the threaded type. The wood screw type should only be in the toe of the buttstock, and should be about 1" of threads. Check that out, and let us know. HAWKSHAW
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  • briguy
    Yeah I mean the forearm and the one in the forearm is a threaded machine screw that goes into a little nut. The nut's not in the barrell, it is in the wood.
    The studs in the butt stocks are wood screws and they are about an inch long.

    Like I said the forearm studs are the loosest and I only have a few that the butt stock studs are loose.
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  • ATF
    Use some Lock-Tite on the machine screws in the fore arm.[:)]
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  • tsr1965
    For BEST results, take and loosen the swivel stud a couple turns, and push that nut up out of the stock. Mix up some good 2 part epoxy like J-B Weld, and put a dab in the pocket where the nut came out of, then put the nut back in the hole. Screw the swivel stud back into the nut making sure that you DO get lots of epoxy on the threads. Tighten the swivel stud so the thru hole for the sling swivel is perpendicular to the centerline of the stock. wipe off any excess inside and outside the stock, and let the epoxy cure over night. I also use this method on the rear swivel stud that has wood screw type threads.

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