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Continued:

This is what it should look like when the barreled action is free from the stock:




This is why I use Johnson's paste wax for release agent. It just works... You can use other products, but this one can has lasted me a looooooong time. The Hornady one shot case lube is also very good to have on hand for the hard to get to spots. I'll even spray the inside of the receiver with the one shot just as a preventative measure.

The front of the recoil lug turned out like this:

I generally take out the overspill with a dremel if it doesn't lay in there smooth like I want. I have noticed that most of my rifles respond very well to a freefloat from the front of the recoil lug forward:


Here's what it looks like after it's relieved:
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The next thing I do is relieve the action screw holes. I start with a 1/4" drill bit:
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I then go to a 5/16" drill bit on Winchester model 70's and go slow from the bottom of the stock thru:
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This goes back to what Utah708 was saying about secondary recoil lugs and such. No clearance in these screw holes is a bad thing.

After you are done drilling the holes out, you should see the wood in the holes:
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