Winchester Repeating Arms Select User Manual

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DJUSTING CAST ON AND CAST OFF

Adjusting cast on and cast off allows you to achieve a

perfect fit from the stock to your face. This is a most

crucial adjustment, as it determines how correctly and

consistently your eye will line up with the sight plane along

the barrel rib. A shotgun correctly adjusted for cast on

and cast off will have you looking directly down the center

of the rib with the front and middle beads in alignment.

BEFORE PERFORMING ANY ADJUSTMENTS,
ALWAYS MAKE CERTAIN THERE ARE NO SHELLS
IN THE CHAMBERS AND THE SAFETY IS IN THE
“ON SAFE” POSITION.

1. Loosen the two stock adjustment set screws on the

right side of the removable cheek piece and remove

the cheek piece by lifting upward (Figure 20).This

exposes the cast on and cast off adjustment

mechanism. (The cheek piece comes set from the

factory with cast in the center position.)

2. Loosen both the stock adjustment stud screws

located in the top of the stock adjustment studs

using the larger (3mm) Allen wrench that is

provided (Figure 21). It only takes a fractional

⁄

turn to loosen them adequately.

3. Slide each stud equally in the desired direction. Each

mark indicates

⁄

4. Move the studs to the right for cast off (Figure 22A).

5. Move the studs to the left for cast on (Figure 22B).

FIGURE 21

Loosen the stock adjustment stud screws.

FIGURE 22B

FIGURE 22A

Cast off.

Cast on.