boyds laminate stock on tikka

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Recently got Boyds laminated stock for my tikka 223.
Rifle looks beautifully and feels the same way too.
After installing the stock,magazine did not go inside well at first but after playing with the screws tension a bit it pops in and out fine.
Just noticed i can not work the safety on the rifle so does anyone had similar problem or know what might cause this. Cant even imagine what would be on the range with accuracy if just fitting it gives me so much headache.
This gun was extremly accurate with my handloads and hopefully stock wont affect anything.
Recoil lug comes to my mind now as well
 
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Need to do some fitting. If you aren't confident enough, send it to a gunsmith. I got the same Boyds stock for a tikka of mine and it fit great. On the other hand I had a savage ml 10 Boyds stock that required fairly extensive fitting around the trigger guard, bolt and barrel. I removed a little to much wood around the recoil lug which I fixed with some epoxy and my first bedding job. Wasn't sure how it would turn out but the gun shoots better than before.
 
My prairie hunter I had to sand inside the mag well with 220 sand paper to let the mag go in and out a bit nicer. It would go in with force, But removeable was very hard. After sanding it is back to how it was like with the synthetic stock.



My safety has worked fine and I can get even better groups with this gun now. Love my Boyds.
 
I ended up taking the stock off and safety can not even eork without stock or in original Tikka stock.
I dont like to mess with mechanism or safety part especiallybut if anyone has any suggestions what to look for or to do before start looking for gunsmith.
 
I have I stalled two Boyd's stocks on Savage rifles. One needed some sanding under the tang and the other needed a bit of sanding around the bold release and the mag. I also bedded both of them as the barrels would touch the stock otherwise. I have read several comments about Boyd's stocks being "drop in" my experience has been different.
 
I have purchased more than 100 Boyds stocks over the years... 90%+ are a straight drop-in fit... the other 10% or so required minor fitting... 100% of the time this is anticipated because Boyd's is very thorough on listing the fitment required right on the order page for every stock... due to variances in actions, compared to Boyd's in house actions, there is always the possibility that minor fitting will be required... most often people that complain about really bad fitment ordered the wrong stock or the wrong version of the right stock. Always read the notes carefully, first, to ensure you have the right stock on order, second, so that you can anticipate the inletting that may be required. Boyd's carries literally thousands of stock options and over the past year has streamlined their custom service to where a special order stock ships in under two weeks... and in my experience, my last dozen custom stocks shipped in under a week... this is pretty amazing service considering the size of their operation. Boyd's has been bashed (and rightly so) for high shipping costs to Canada, generally $50-$55 per single stock order... but in the past two months since the new website has been up and running, shipping has gone down to $40-$42 per single stock order... and my last order was $50 for three stocks. Considering Boyd's incredibly reasonable pricing, I have always considered the shipping cost as an add on to the overall cost.. .. mental gymnastics perhaps, but makes it more palatable.
 
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