Loctite 380 on Tikka Recoil Lug?

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While waiting on the RS Lite to exist, I'm playing some musical parts with a couple Tikkas. The 243 Improved I'll be hunting with this year is in a modified Manners EHT that was bedded for another action. The lug is bedded permanently into the stock. The current (243 Improved) action doesn't fit near as tightly into the stock, but does seat onto the lug properly. It's exhibiting some horizontal stringing (.6 MOA vertical, 1.5 MOA horizontal for 14 shots). It seems likely that this is due to it shifting slightly in the stock. Would a few dabs of Loctite 380 keep it bonded and still be able to be knocked free later on? Anybody messed around with semi-permanently bonding their Tikka action to the lug?
 
Looking at the tensile and shear data for 380, the maximum amount of force required to separate the action from the lug should be no more than 300 lbs. I'll update this thread if I give this a shot.
 
I would probably put a tiny amount bedding compound on the action's recoil lug slot to fill in any gaps that exist.

If you know gaps exist that are big enough to cause misalignment, I think filling the gaps is a better approach than trying to fix the action in place.
 
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