I want to comment on the recoil lug on Remingtons.

The reason there's so much room side to side, and in FRONT of the recoil lug in the stock, is because they will not shoot there "best" if the recoil lug touches at any point besides the BACK of the lug, and YES it can even cause the stock to crack if it's not assembled properly!!

The recoil lug on Rem 700's is tightened inbetween the action and a shoulder on the bbl, and YES it needs to be put on straight. BUT, there's nothing wrong with the extra space left in the stock as described above.

I've had so many Remington rifles out of there stocks, i can't even remember how many, and i've NEVER seen one with the recoil lug "cocked" to the side from the factory. I'm not saying it didn't happen, i'm just saying in the hundreds i've had apart, i've never seen it.

Drilling Man