If the lug is canted, the barrel will be pushed to one side or the other in the stock.
Yep, it is the action that suffer the misalignment.
Bottom line is it has to be right.
I had this happen several times with certain rebarrels using factory lugs from different barrel makers. I could either relive the lug mortise or straighten up the lug. Best to crack the barrel and realign the lug.
Its so common that Hogue provides instructions with their stocks on how to try and reposition the lug (with a big brass hammer) by smacking it in the direction needed. They say it will slip - but don't do it with the trigger or scope installed.
Personally, an action wrench with lug alignment recess and a barrel vise is the better way. In every case I noticed that the factory lug wasn't bearing equally on the action face, so that now I have actions faced and the target lug installed. The small cost is worth the result.
