First Post, and an M695 question - Tikka Shooters

General Discussion

First Post, and an M695 question

Posted by BigMike on June 23, 2016 at 12:35 am

Greetings everyone. Been reading for a while and decided to join. I moved from the south up to the northwest. Since I am now near my brother (huge hunter) he is going to teach me the ropes. I bought his gently used M695 in 7mm Rem Mag and it is a fantastic rifle, very well built.

I have been looking to get a new stock (because I can) and found this one from Boyd's (https://www.boydsgunstocks.com/ProductDetail/7ga854c1g203_pro-varmint-tikka-m695-detachable-box-mag-long-action-factory-barrel-channel-black-texture-finish).

Anyone ever used this or have any experience? I am able to do very minor fitting if required.

Thanks!!!

BigMike replied 8 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
2 Replies

Ericbc7

Member
June 23, 2016 at 2:46 am

21 Bullseyes

Hi BigMike, welcome!
You have a nice rifle there. I have limited experience with Boyd's stocks, namely the pro-Varminter I got for my savage B-mag. I was frustrated with the amount of fitting I had to do to make it work, but in retrospect the B-mag is a horrible rifle to fit a stock to. It can shoot ok, but the design makes for difficulties… Anyway I have moderated my concern about Boyd's stocks a bit because some shooters claim they work well. They are inexpensive so most can afford to give it a try, particularly if you want to try something different (like a thumb hole stock). You will probably want to epoxy bed the action and recoil lug and there are some good threads on this site where that was discussed.

Let us know how your project goes!
Good shooting,
-Eric
BigMike

Member
June 23, 2016 at 4:52 pm

1 Bullseye

Eric

Thanks so much for the info. I have never bedded a stock, so that might be a project to look forward to. I might keep the existing stock for now and just shoot the snot out of it and keep that project for later.

Thanks!

Mike

Log In to Reply

Log in to reply.