I'm looking for feedback. I have a 1916 Spanish action with a heavy custom barrel which I am ready to bed into a target stock. I have previously bedded a couple of 98s (which I don't want to take from their stocks to refresh my memory) but it seems the 1916s recoil lug is smaller than a 98 lug.
Military stocks had steel "crossbolt" which the recoil lug was to bear against. Given the absence of this piece of steel in an aftermarket stocks what is the best way to bed the recoil lug area?