Precision Perfection: DIY Remington 700 Style Recoil Lug Jig for Ultimate Rifle Accuracy

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Copy of Gre-Tan Rifles Recoil Lug Truing Jig. https://www.gretanrifles.com/product-page/recoil-lug-lathe-jig

We need one, there's none in stock, so we must make our own...
This jig is designed to enable the gunsmith to enlarge the ID of the recoil lug for blueprinting/accurizing work. Even the "OS" lugs you can buy are often not large enough to allow for total cleanup of the internal threads. After nearly a decade doing this, .020-030" is pretty commonplace.
"After single point re-cutting the action threads, the barrel tenon threads will be a larger diameter. Meaning the I.D. hole in the lug will have to be opened up to give appropriate clearance. In the past smiths set the lug up on a mill, dialed it in and machined for clearance. Accurate but very time consuming for an operation that makes you no money. Just part of the job. This jig works in a 3 or 4 jaw chuck. It takes about 5 minutes to clamp the jig in a 3 jaw, clamp and center lug with the tailstock, dial in with a dial test indicator and then bore diameter."

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