Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats Model 700 Recoil Lugs; explain thickness/parallel/taper pros and cons

there are two reasons i buy the holland style recoil lug
they are easier to get in and out of the bedding when you clean your rifle
and buy the time i pay the smith to true the stock one i can almost pay for the new one


gene

There are some shops that will heli-arc the recoil lug to the action. There are several custom actions that come predrilled for pinned lugs. My smith cautioned against thick lugs as you are giving away some of your thread surface area of the barrel tenon to the lug. Don't know if that holds water, I am just repeating what I was told.

When I was considering a custom build I liked the idea of the heli-arced lug to the action. That was then. I am now purchasing a Borden Rimrock SSR action.

Were I to do a custom build up from a factory action I would likely go with a Ruger MK II over the Remington 700.

Not sure what he means by that? You just set the shoulder further forward, and still have the same amount of threaded barrel sticking out behind it.

It sounds like he is talking about just taking a take off barrel and screwing it in with no modifications? That ain't gonna work...

It doesn't... Geez...

i like the tubb lug, i get them ground down to .250". on .375 and up i use em at 3/8 inch. as far as pinning goes, i only have one that is now but any more i get built will be pinned. think of it as insurance for ur bedding job in case you rebarrel down the road.

lol i'd find a new smith if he told you you would lose tennon thread to a thicker lug.

I had Pac-Nor Barreling use a Holland lug on my 40X, it works fine. Had Greg Tannel use his double pinned lug on another Remington rebuild, it also works well. Some fellows have the 40X action drilled for a center action screw and pillar bed all three screws in conjunction with the precision lug. In any event, the action needs to be trued to get most good out of the lug.

The Savage Precision Target Action comes with a thick target lug and pin, but the lug has to be hand fitted a bit before installing the barrel (filed shorter a couple of thousandths). You can build all the switch barrel rifles you want with any of the Savage bare actions available, single shot ot repeater. In fact, you can switch between cartridge head sizes all the way to magnums, with a corresponding replacement bolt head, although the magnum switch requires a longer firing pin and magnum baffle. I have two PTA's with barrels in .223 Remington, .204 Ruger, 6mm PPC and one on order for .243 WSSM. It's the ultimate in versatility, accuracy and value. Best of all, you can do it yourself.

greg is good people, does nice work too.