First a little history- I bought a savage LRH 111, with an Accustock (no wedge) earlier this year- hoping to use it for long range shooting. The best I could get it to group was 1 1/2 MOA. I was disappointed but figured I could swap the barrel out and have new gun.
Ordered a new barrel from McGowan barrels, ordered a new recoil lug as well (although not from SSS) but after reading various posts it seemed like adding a new recoil lug was no big deal. Barrel arrives and install with new recoil lug and it will not fit into the accustock. When I compare it side by side with the original recoil lug the original recoil lug is not as deep, it is thinner, and the sides are different shaped with a straight sidewall rather then a tapered side wall, and there is no button/knob to align the recoil lug with the action (but the action has a place to accept it). The new recoil lug with the tapered sidewall will not fit into the aluminum bedding channel as it is too wide, too thick, and too deep to fit into the Accustock. Okay so forget the new recoil lug and install the old one-- problem is the original recoil lug won't fit over the barrel. The inside diameter of the recoil lug is too small (the barrel fits fine into the new recoil lug and the barrel fits fine into the action).
So do I send the barrel back to McGowan and have them "fix" the threads and use the original recoil lug or does someone make a recoil lug suitable for this rifle?