Quote Originally Posted by PaddyD View Post
While you may use the bedding compound to compensate for an imperfect bearing surface of the lug on the stock that isn't all that is at play with a warped lug. You need a perfectly flat ground lug or you get side loading of the threads on the barrel/action. While not critical at all on a hunting rig, if small shot groups at long range is what you're after, putting a custom lug on might be worthwhile, but only if you also have a squared up action face, threads and the end of the nut squared off too. Just a perfect lug alone without also having perfectly square surfaces on the action and barrel nut won't make much difference.
This is my understanding also. Not sure how much the ground lugs help but it will make you feel better.