Savage recoil lug, and head spacing ? for 338edge

[Rugerdiggs]

I am fixing to order a stock and checking to see what thickness of recoil lug i should use. I have a savage 116 flat rear reciever with a 300win mag barrel in it for now and fixing to unscrew it and put a 30" mcgowen 338 edge barrel in its place. The recoil lug thats on action is 3/32" thick should i go with a 1/4"? What the thoughts on it and i have the brass and dies for it. Should i head space with a sized piece of brass or get a go gauge? Please let me know what you think?

[acloco]

1/4" will work fine.

I headspace all of my Savage builds with a piece of NEW brass. But, remove the ejector and extractor from the bolthead when headspacing.

[Rugerdiggs]

Originally Posted by acloco

1/4" will work fine.

I headspace all of my Savage builds with a piece of NEW brass. But, remove the ejector and extractor from the bolthead when headspacing.

I have 100 pieces of new remington brand 300 remington ultra mag brass. Should i first resize to 338 edge before i use them for headspacing?

[acloco]

I would try both - 300 and the necked up version.

I don't know if there is any change in shoulder angle with the reamer used on your barrel.

[toddc]

Originally Posted by acloco

1/4" will work fine.

I headspace all of my Savage builds with a piece of NEW brass. But, remove the ejector and extractor from the bolthead when headspacing.

Might try leaving the ejector out for good they shoot better.

[Rugerdiggs]

Originally Posted by toddc

Might try leaving the ejector out for good they shoot better.

Please share, never heard of that but all ears for more accuracy

[MachV]

The idea is that the brass sits in the chamber without a side fource the ejector puts on it. Its more of a factor with a factory chamber than a custom....Usually.
I'm a big fan of useing a resized case for stting the headspace but if this is your first rodeo a guage might be better?
I would also get ahold of Shawn to get on his list for brass.....