Quote Originally Posted by Savage6x284 View Post
Go nutless and use any lug you wish to use. The Savage barrel nut is nothing more or less than a movable shoulder. The shoulder can be anywhere you want it to be if you go nutless but the amount of barrel threading on a nutted barrel limits the thickness of the recoil lug which can be used.
But going to a shouldered barrel limits you to " the barrel, the lug, the action and the bolt/bolthead" and nothing can be changed. With a nutted barrel everything can be changed in just a few minutes with the correct tools and without a lathe or gunsmith. Saying you are limited to the amount of barrel threading on a nutted barrel is saying all available space on the barrel for threads is used up. There is only so much room on lets just say a sporter barrel for threads shouldered or nutted. The nutted is just easier to make adjustments to if you change something.