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I had been looking at lightweight Tikka stock options for quite some time. When PEAK44 dropped the Bastion, I ordered immediately. I found one in stock and had it within a week.
Immediately upon opening the box, I knew I had an issue - Length of Pull. The LOP was so short it was virtually unusable for me. I'm 6'3" and right handed. My right bicep and forearm were so doubled up on each other (picture a chicken wing) that I found myself "flexing" to get my hand back far enough on the palm swell. As you can imagine, this also caused my trigger finger/trigger interface to be poor as well.
Knowing I couldn't be the only one having this issue, I took to Rokslide and found some recent work by @Bbrinks.
@Bbrinks had already created a practical solution which you can see in the pictures below. @Bbrinks hooked me up with a new recoil pad, recoil pad/stock adapter and spacers for my stock. His communication and detail were great and he wanted this to be as perfect as possible for me. He was great to work with and made a second revision for me based on some feedback I had. It turned out outstanding and is a vast improvement over the factory setup.
Removing the factor recoil pad was a chore. I used JB plastic bonder to set the new adapter. It's as solid as can be. I have zero concerns with it staying in place and holding up to hard use. The new recoil pad from @Bbrinks is just right for the 6.5 PRC and one of the better ones I have in general.
I wasn't impressed with the factory offering at all. And a recoil pad that you can't store the rifle on is laughable. In cold weather, there might as well have not been a recoil pad due to how solid it got. I think the proprietary recoil pad adapter/insert from PEAK44 was a miss, as was their "recoil pad". I think the stock should have at least came with LOP adjustment from the factory and they would have been better off building the stock geometry to work with existing pads like a Limb Saver. I would be surprised if we don't see revisions of this in the future.
The new setup is mindless to get behind and fits me perfectly. I can't thank @Bbrinks enough for all the help! Do not hesitate to reach out to him. He gave me permission to post his email - [email protected]. I have no affiliation with Bill or his product. Just wanting to promote a great solution he's got here!
Immediately upon opening the box, I knew I had an issue - Length of Pull. The LOP was so short it was virtually unusable for me. I'm 6'3" and right handed. My right bicep and forearm were so doubled up on each other (picture a chicken wing) that I found myself "flexing" to get my hand back far enough on the palm swell. As you can imagine, this also caused my trigger finger/trigger interface to be poor as well.
Knowing I couldn't be the only one having this issue, I took to Rokslide and found some recent work by @Bbrinks.
@Bbrinks had already created a practical solution which you can see in the pictures below. @Bbrinks hooked me up with a new recoil pad, recoil pad/stock adapter and spacers for my stock. His communication and detail were great and he wanted this to be as perfect as possible for me. He was great to work with and made a second revision for me based on some feedback I had. It turned out outstanding and is a vast improvement over the factory setup.
Removing the factor recoil pad was a chore. I used JB plastic bonder to set the new adapter. It's as solid as can be. I have zero concerns with it staying in place and holding up to hard use. The new recoil pad from @Bbrinks is just right for the 6.5 PRC and one of the better ones I have in general.
I wasn't impressed with the factory offering at all. And a recoil pad that you can't store the rifle on is laughable. In cold weather, there might as well have not been a recoil pad due to how solid it got. I think the proprietary recoil pad adapter/insert from PEAK44 was a miss, as was their "recoil pad". I think the stock should have at least came with LOP adjustment from the factory and they would have been better off building the stock geometry to work with existing pads like a Limb Saver. I would be surprised if we don't see revisions of this in the future.
The new setup is mindless to get behind and fits me perfectly. I can't thank @Bbrinks enough for all the help! Do not hesitate to reach out to him. He gave me permission to post his email - [email protected]. I have no affiliation with Bill or his product. Just wanting to promote a great solution he's got here!
