How do you index wood screws ?

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Gary Carmichael Sr

Tom, This might not work for you but I have done this in the past to time screws in old wood, just put a sliver of a wood splinter in the screw hole then see if you can get the screw to line up Gary

That's what I often do, and I use a small wooden match stick.
Sometimes a layer or two of masking tape under the trigger guard is enough to raise it up to get a tight screw, and then compress it down till the screw is north south,