Winchester 94 stock a bit loose

[TooTech]

The stock on the Winchester 94 I recently purchased has a tiny bit of front and back play in it. It's solid side to side, but when I picked up the rifle by the buttstock with the muzzle pointed down I could feel the stock slip just a fraction.

If it makes any difference the rifle was made in 1979.

Should I tighten the tang screw a smidge? Or maybe add a splinter of wood to the hole through the stock where the tang screw fits? Any other ideas?

[Griff]

Puh yer stock up tight against the receiver & tighten that stock screw. Make sure you use a hollow ground driver that fits. Lastly get some good tung oil in the wood to bring the moisture back up, sounds like she be a mite dry. Don't oil the inside where the wood where it contacts the tang.

[TooTech]

Got my Brownell's screwdriver set out. 10 degrees of rotation and the screw and stock are tight. Thanks Griff!