Quote Originally Posted by bottlerocket View Post
So its the recoil lug that basically indexes the action in the stock and the points of contact should be the lug, the pillars to the action and the bedding around them?
Yep if it touches anywhere else you've screwed up.
The number one screw up I remember from reading on here is bedding a Savage all the way back to the tang like you do on a rifle with a action screw that far to the rear.