**** We have ended production on the BugNut program as sales have dwindled and costs have risen ****
The BugNut is a barrel nut system designed to allow the end user to install and/or change barrels with basic tools, and minimize the cost and lead times associated with custom fitted shouldered barrels. This nut system mechanically holds and headspaces the barrel the same way a Savage nut does, but offers several functional and cosmetic improvements:

• Limitation of available barrel contours compatible with the Savage nut

• Nut wrench engagement to nut can be minimal, and therefore damaging to the wrench

• One piece wrench must be slid over the barrel before inserting the barrel into the barrel vise, increasing the risk of scratching the barrel finish

• Savage/Remage pre-fits do not fit into the common barrel channel inlets (Rem Varmint, M24, Rem Sporter, etc) of composite stocks without re-working the stock or leaving unsightly gaps in the barrel channel

• I personally find the Savage nut system a little ugly…

The BugNut is an attempt to address these issues and improve on all:

• Any 1.20 or 1.250 breech barrel can be used, from your lightest sporter to a Heavy Varmint. Barrel should have a breech cylinder length of at least 2.0”

• The BugNut wrench engages significantly more surface area than the Savage wrench

• The BugNut wrench is a two piece wrench, and can be “assembled” over the nut after barreled action is in the barrel vise

• The BugNut is .050 larger than the breech of the barrel, and should drop in to a traditional composite stock with little to no inletting. Most composite stocks have .030 clearance per side here, so clearance must be verified (or created if necessary)

• BugNut barrels have significantly more material around the chamber, and can be used with short magnum and Ultramag cases