The front swivel stud on my Remington 700 wood stock keeps working itself loose when in use. What's the proper way to fix this problem?

Glue it in with epoxy. If it's the wood screw type, replace it with the machine screw type with the nut and glue that in.

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Glue it in with epoxy. If it's the wood screw type, replace it with the machine screw type with the nut and glue that in.

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Yup. That's what I did to mine when it finally stripped loose in Utah hunting and almost dropped my rifle in the snow. 5min epoxy is great.

Ideally I like the old style sling swivel that has the sling attachment on a bearing and spins freely of the mounting screw/bolt

Red

If the hole has enlarged wrap a little steel wool around the threads and then epoxy it in.

5 or 10 minute epoxies are not noted for their shelf life , strength,or life in use .

Sometimes the steel wool alone is a fix..sometimes not. Epoxy lightly keeping in mind you may need to remove it at some point..Usully a little heat applied carefully with make removal easy, but don't burn the wood..I heat the swivel with a soldering iron touching the swivel for wood..On metal I use a kitchen butane needle flame blow torch thingie.

You can enlarge the hole a little and fill it with acraGlas Gel then put release agent on the screw and gently push it in the epoxy filled hole and let it set after wiping the excess glue off. Gently back the screw out and clean it up and you have a perfect set of threads that are stronger than the wood