Replacing Pachmyr recoil pad on 1965 Winchester M70. After plugging four screw holes with dowel rod and glue, started sanding butt of stock. I've been careful to keep a similar top-bottom "cant" but I'm now wondering if the left-right "cant" should lean very slightly to the left (toward a right-handed shooter) OR am I overthinking this and I should just keep it perfectly square?
If so...Any tricks to keeping the butt square?...stock has a raised monte carlo cheek piece that is playing tricks on my eyes when trying to keep the butt square.

Thanks for helping out a novice!

I say keep it square (left to right).

Keep it straight and square. Use a belt or disk sander to true it up.

Thanks for your input!

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OR am I overthinking this

When in doubt use the KISS principle. Keep it simple st---d. I often try and make things more complicated than they are. Have to remind myself of KISS on a daily basis.

Of course, Ram is right, and you should keep it square.

Thanks for the unanimous vote.
Just finished squaring it up on the belt sander.
Thanks to you all for taking a minute.

What are you replacing the Pachmayr pad with?

My Dad bought the rifle new and at some point installed a Pachmyr F250 lightweight pad. I'm replacing the now rock hard pad with a slightly thicker Pachmyr F350 deluxe.