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Anyone happen to know how thick a factory Savage 110 etc, recoil lug is?

thanks.

.190" +-

Savage factory lugs are stamped and not machined. Their thickness varies from top to bottom. If you are re-barreling get one of the machines lugs from Sharp Shooter Supplies .240 thick and they are indexed for the Savage Action. If you use a Savage factory Recoil Lug lay it on a flat surface and determine which side is the flattest and then place the flat side against the face of the action and not the barrel nut. I believe Savage only use the nut to keep the barrel action from sliding in the stock when you fire the rifle. If you barrel a Savage i believe it is best to throw away the barrel nut and barrel just like a 700 Rem

Long story short...I had a factory lug on this gun a few years back. Changed to a .250" during one of its rebarrels. It moves everything forward though, so you have to inlet the stock a bit to get it all lined up, and the writing was no longer indexed.

So...rebarreled again later on and did not use the nut. Now I am rebarreling again, but going back to the nut, and a factory profile barrel. Trying to get everything back to "stock" specs.

thanks.

The thickness of the lug should have no impact on the indexing of the barrel.

The indexing is determined by where the barrel stops against the GO gauge. If you put on a barrel and tightened it against the GO gauge and then stamped the barrel that stamp would stay in place no matter which lug you used.
If the indexing changes when using the same chamber and GO gauge then you have different headspace than before.

You are correct about the inletting for the new lug and the new position of the nut though.

I once made a bushing so a Win 94 barrel would screw into a 91/30, headspace, and the sight dovetails would be straight up. No reamer allowed.

If you can do that math, you may get some new insight.

It is two equations and two unknowns.

Extra credit for defining the necessary sampling as the bushing shoulder gets smaller [or recoil lug gets thinner].

Savage man, Savage.

A fixed shoulder is an entirely different animal than a variable position shoulder like the barrel nutted Savages.