I have posted this in the Gunsmithing forum but am putting it here as well.

I have a question for members regarding what type of barrel mounted recoil lug is better.
I have a 458 Win here which needs to have an extra lug fitted (silver soldered) under the barrel and bedded into the fore-end wood.

I can do this by making the lug invisible from the outside where it is simply bedded into a recess in the forend.......or
I can "tie down" the lug to the fore-end with a screw and bushing where the screw passes through a bush in the bottom of the fore-end and enters a thread in the lug itself.
The lug, of course, would be glass bedded in both options.

Which method would be best remembering that this is a DG rifle to be used mostly at short distances where accuracy is not the major issue.
The main concern here is strength and reliability and the extra lug is being fitted to attempt to prevent the stock from splittin/cracking.
Of course other critical areas will receive special bedding attention but this thread is all about the extra barrel lug.
To tie down or not to tie down, this is the question!
What do you think and why?
Thanks