Peak 44 Bastion Tikka Review

[HGL]

Decided to burn up some 105 BTHPs at the range. This stock is unbedded and I have not bedded the recoil lug. I may still do that, but I'm not sure I'll see a huge difference either way. I'm curious to see if the OP ends up doing that.

Overall, I'm still digging the stock. It is a big improvement over the factory stock as well as the previous B&C I was using. I also recenlty bought the Arca/Pic rail attachment that they offer, which looks just like the Salmon River one, I'm guessing they make this for Peak. Nice piece of kit, imo.





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[Roor]

Anyone successful with aftermarket bottom metal on these?

 

[NSI]

Anyone successful with aftermarket bottom metal on these?

HD linear good to go on mine. No shims.

-J

 

[Roor]

Thanks!

 

[WCT3]

I have a Bastion on my Weatherby, stock is 21oz. LOP is short I added a 1/2 limbsaver Airtech slip on which helps. Otherwise fit and finish and ergos are excellent. I also have a Tikka Rokstok. Yes the comb is high, perfect for prone, a little hard getting used to off hand shooting. Stock did tighten my groups up. Both are good stocks I like the Peak better but it’s also $250-$300 more.

Which Weatherby model has the Bastion? I'd like to see if a local shop has one that I can test before ordering for my Tikka.

When you said the comb is high and a little hard to get used to for offhand, are you talking about the Bastion or the Rokstock?

Any other differences worth noting between the two?

 

[2Stamp]

Which Weatherby model has the Bastion? I'd like to see if a local shop has one that I can test before ordering for my Tikka.

When you said the comb is high and a little hard to get used to for offhand, are you talking about the Bastion or the Rokstock?

Any other differences worth noting between the two?

I beleive the Apex and Highcountry have the Bastion, the Backcountry has the Blacktooth. But really, if your LGS has Weatherby, they likely have multiple models.

 

[WCT3]

I beleive the Apex and Highcountry have the Bastion, the Backcountry has the Blacktooth. But really, if your LGS has Weatherby, they likely have multiple models.

Thanks! I'll be driving past a couple gun shops after work today, hopefully one of them has one in stock.

 

[WW2 Buff]

Which Weatherby model has the Bastion? I'd like to see if a local shop has one that I can test before ordering for my Tikka.

When you said the comb is high and a little hard to get used to for offhand, are you talking about the Bastion or the Rokstock?

Any other differences worth noting between the two?

I purchased my Bastion from Peak 44. Rokstok has a high comb and was a little hard to get used to off hand shooting. Comb height on Bastion is perfect for me. Bastion and Blacktooth are both high quality can’t go wrong with either. Good luck!

 

[ColPenguin]

I ordered a Bastion on Black Friday. Got it last week. Haven't used it yet, as the local sportsman club is closed due to bad weather in January.

The included recoil lug fit quite loose. So I did some bedding. Will see how that works out. Can always Dremel it out and redo if I somehow screwed it up.

 

[Roor]

I ordered a Bastion on Black Friday. Got it last week. Haven't used it yet, as the local sportsman club is closed due to bad weather in January.

The included recoil lug fit quite loose. So I did some bedding. Will see how that works out. Can always Dremel it out and redo if I somehow screwed it up.

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My Black Friday stock came in as well but I’m still waiting on barrel and action work.

 

[WCT3]

I stopped by Scheels to fondle one of these last night. The quality felt really good, palm swell felt nice but I do wish they had some stippling or texture.

What height rings is everyone using on the Bastion? They didn't have a rifle with a scope mounted on it but the comb height felt a little low to me. I use a stock pack with a few Velcro shims on the factory Tikka stock.

 

[2Stamp]

pretty sure I'm using Med with my Maven RS on mine.

 

[HGL]

I stopped by Scheels to fondle one of these last night. The quality felt really good, palm swell felt nice but I do wish they had some stippling or texture.

What height rings is everyone using on the Bastion? They didn't have a rifle with a scope mounted on it but the comb height felt a little low to me. I use a stock pack with a few Velcro shims on the factory Tikka stock.

I was using Seekins lows and they worked fine with a 50mm scope. I switched them to Nightforce mediums though, as I wanted a bit more height so I could scoot the scope forward a bit.

 

[WCT3]

I have Hawkins lows with a 50m scope right now. I am a bit of a face smasher though, I think I need to work on that and the comb height on the Bastion would be comfortable for me.

 

[Jlowry809]

SAVE

Bedding effects

Did you ever do a full bedding job on it? I just got mine delivered and debating on having it done.


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[AZ_Hunter]

I wasn’t too thrilled about the recoil lug being so loose. I had to exchange the stock cause it had a defect and while on the phone I asked if they can just bed the lug, other companies do. They said something along the lines of we have the customer do it cause every rifle is different…. Or some such bullshit. Didn’t really like the answer.

I’m having mine bedded by a smith cause he is doing some other work on the gun. I’ll post pics when I get it back.

 

[ColPenguin]

I wasn’t too thrilled about the recoil lug being so loose. I had to exchange the stock cause it had a defect and while on the phone I asked if they can just bed the lug, other companies do. They said something along the lines of we have the customer do it cause every rifle is different…. Or some such bullshit. Didn’t really like the answer.

That is bullshit.

It was not a hard job to spot bed that lug with JB weld. I'm pretty sure I could drop any t3x lite into that stock. I might have to rebed or clean it up for a different profile barrel.

 

[Jakeb]

My bastion came in today, ordered a little less than 2 months ago.

I’m pretty happy with it. Fit and finish is great. Feels nice, handles real good. Very light.

I bedded the recoil lug. I followed the directions and it only took a few minutes. Would be nice if they had done it, but it was no big deal. Planning to let it dry and try to shoot it tomorrow. Going to shoot it alongside my Xlr chassis and compare.

 

[AlbertaFisher]

A little bummed they stopped shipping to Canada temporarily!

 

[Balderdash]

I ran one of these on a wearherby next to a VG and a stock the was mocked up to have similar comb/recoil pad dimensions to the rokstock, which was only in the development phase at the time.

I might get flamed on here for saying so, but I prefer the VG and P44, mostly due to the straight comb, but also due to the pistol grip/trigger interface area - I have large hands.

Depending on shooting position, I find the ability to move head position back and forth on the comb without changing the angle through which the scope is looked through to be advantageous over the recoil attributes of a pitched comb. Years back I ran a lot of MkV's, and I never could warm up to the pitched comb for a rig that gets fired from a lot of different positions. Even with a scope that had generous EB and ER, moving to get directly behind the scope could be a PIA.