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    Posted: September/02/2012 at 14:13
Recently put my 700 sps varmint 300wsm on a accublock stock. Or recently started trying to get the barrel lined up in the stock. The barrel rubbed the side of the original stock also so I figured the recoil lug was not aligned with the barrel, no big deal this is common on 700's that I have seen, not common, but I have seen 10 so far with this problem personally. what we have done in the past (uncle, dad, brother and a few friends) is take a non marring hammer and tap the lug to align the barrel to the stock, common practice, houge originally told us this. well on this particular occasion today I used a non marring hammer with a plastic head and the damn thing mushroomed, I've hit 5 lugs with this thing and this is the first to mushroom. Anyone else had this problem? It will be off to the gunsmith Tuesday afternoon now. Who makes the best recoil lug on the market?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote sakomato Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September/02/2012 at 19:45
Which mushroomed, the lug or the hammer?  Do you mean by mushroomed that the bottom or side of the lug bent?
 
Why don't y'all just glass the lugs in with AcraGlas or Devcon?
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The corner of the lug mushroomed, looking at the hammer it looks as though I may have hit it with the metal part by accident.  These are full aluminum bedding blocks not pillars, google bobby hart accustock. If the lug is not decently centered with the action it will make a look of the barrel being bent off to one way or the other. and the action will not torque down strait. If it sits as bad as this one was even bedding will not help it. Basically when I put the action in the stock the right side of the barrel and action hug the stock all the way down. Checked the stock and it was square, the lug however needs to be moved .331" counter clockwise when looking at the muzzle to be perfectly square with the bottom of the action. Usually it isn't that bad and you can get by with a few taps and the lug slides around. But this thing is stuck like chuck and I wailed hard on it with absolutely no movement. When I say mushrooming, I mean wear you hit a metal to metal surface usually the softer metal will give and cause a rise in the metal. I should've taken it to a smith, hopefully I didn't ruin anything besides the lug.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Alan Robertson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September/03/2012 at 10:40
Since you'll be springing for a new recoil lug anyway, you can get slightly thicker lugs (stiffer) for an extra 7-8 bucks.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote tahqua Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September/03/2012 at 11:12
You can grind or file the mushroom on the lug to flush with the original surface, also.
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If you don't have or have access to a barrel vice, take it to a gunsmith, remove the barrel, and have a small dowel pin hole drilled on the front face of the action in the 6:00 position below the barrel threads, with a matching hole drilled through the lug in the same position.  Press a dowel pin through the hole to keep the lug aligned.  This is the solution many of the custom action mfgs use to keep the lug from rotating away from center when the barrel is torqued.  The lug on a 700 is really nothing more than a washer with an extended tab on it.
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Spoke to the gunsmith yesterday, (same guy that is doing my Ruger), he is going to replace the lug, pin it and fit it to the stock for me, I just have to find time to get it to him. He asked me the same thing about my mouth...haha.
 
I considered filing it, but it never did move, so the barrel has to come off, even considered a blue print and new barrel.... but my wife is getting good at this mind reading thing. Shocked
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