...But as I stated above and according to Dean at Wby, you don`t need all the lugs in absolutely perfect contact with one another.
So the guy from Weatherby told you that the lugs don't need to be in perfect contact with one another?
You do realize the lugs do not contact each other at all right? The only thing they will be contacting the lug recesses in the receiver. Getting as much contact as possible between the lugs and the receiver is vital to having a repeatably accurate, and safe gun.
Yes you can try to lap the 9 lugs improving contact, but its more or less an excercise in futility as some lugs will only need minor lapping... some may need more... and yet again some may need none.... Of course that also will be changing as you lap too.
Inevitably you will end up chasing contact and likely end up with a headspace issue if you keep at it.
Why add nine varaiables to an equation when it can be solved with two or even three?
