Exactly what dogcatcher said...drop of super glue and treat it as any other lugged receiver. When your cure is done it pops out with a little tap and your lug is bedded solidly into the receiver and gives a repeatable torquing point.

When I did the BC on my other Tikka I taped off around it so that no mud came within a 1/2" of the lug, I did not want anything to interfere with the lug fit.

Also to clarify I did not bed to fit the receiver to the lug, rather just to lock the lug in place and create a uniform fit between the receiver and stock. I did the normal roughing up and some additional holes and Devcon 10110 stuck just fine.


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