I use grease on my action screws and put them in just tight enough to hold the action in proper location.
Sometimes, when a rifle has a wooden stock and the recoil plate area seems small, I've installed pins or screws in the wood behind the plate and cut them off at the wood surface. That helps to keep epoxy from failing under recoil. I've also done it behind the rear of some actions, especially on older stocks that have been oil-soaked. Punky wood is cut away underneath, but not at the surface. Epoxy fills the voids.
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