Tikka M695

About the Tikka

Tikkakoski was at first a metal workshop established in 1893 in Jyväskylä, Finland, which later, at the end of World War I in 1918 evolved into a factory that produced gun components. One of the most important guns of Tikka in the 20th century is most definitely Suomi KP/-31, which is regarded as one of the most successful submachine guns of World War II.

Tikkakoski and Sako cooperated on a prototype rifle series in 1981 and soon after that, Tikkakoski was acquired by Sako. By the end of the decade, the production of Tikka rifles has already shifted from Jyväskylä to Sako headquarters in Riihimäki. Tikka still holds on to their traditional gunsmith craftsmanship, visually inspecting every rifle barrel and then manually testing the rifle with test shots. In 2009 Beretta group took over Sako, which got Sako and Tikka access to the most advanced production methods.

Tikka T3 Rifle Review

It is a predecessor to Tikka T3 and it is a long action rifle. It has a 16.5mm dovetail with a recoil notch on top of the receiver for mounting purpose.

The dovetail is partially disconnected, the middle part of the dovetail above the bolt only has a dovetail notch on one side, which means the insertion of cartridges directly into chamber is easier at the expense of a less rigid rifle which could lead to worse shot accuracy in some situations. Alternatively, it has 4 tapped holes, 2 at the front and 2 at the back.

You can read more about how mounting system changed on Tikka rifles through time here.

Tikka M695

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Tikka M695

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Standard Tikka M695 is chambered for:

.25-06 Rem
6.5x55 SE
.270 Win
7x64
.30-06
9.3x62

While the Tikka M695 Mag version is chambered for:

7 mm Rem Mag
.300 Win Mag
.338 Win Mag

The variants of M695 are:

master deluxe
master synthetic
master all-weather
master sporter
master semi-sporter
master / whitetail hunter
master battue light
master continental 24"
master continental 26"
master trapper light
master pro

Tikka M695

A: 22 mm
B: 102,6 mm
C: 22 mm

Which rifles have interchangeable mounts

Two-piece mounts for the following Tikka rifles,

M55/M65
M590/M690
M595

which are meant to be installed on 4 tapped mounting holes will fit this rifle as well.

Our recommendation for mounts

Fixed mounts:

For fixed mounts on this rifle, we recommend Optilock Tikka Base mounting bases. We can insert rings onto these bases, but we must be careful, because Optilock rings are available only for 1inch (25.4mm), 30mm and 34mm diameter scope tubes. One special feature of the Optilock rings are the polymer inserts (except the 34mm ring, which does not include inserts), which prevent scratches on the scope. If we want to install scopes with rails or scopes with tube diameters other than these of Optilock rings, we need to reach for rings of other companies like Recknagel, EAW or Osuma, and they fit Optilock bases as well.

Optilock base for Tikka M695

Detachable repeatable mounts:

For Tikka M695 repeatable mounts, we would recommend to first install the Picatinny rails and then install any detachable repeatable mount that fits Picatinny rails on top of them.

If you would prefer to have detachable repeatable mounts without Picatinny rails, we would recommend Rusan pivot mounts, which are primarily meant for Tikka T3, but M695 has the same mounting system as T3, so these mounts will also fit Tikka M595.

Picatinny rails:

The only Picatinny rails available for M695 are the rails of EGW and they come in 2 versions: 0 MOA and 20 MOA.

It is worth mentioning, that these rails are made of aluminium, while the rifle receiver is made of steel, therefore the combination is not ideal, because of the mechanical reasons. More about that in our article:

Aluminium vs. Steel Picatinny rail

Help us build our riflescope mounts database

If you have this rifle or any other rifle at home, we would really appreciate it if you could send us some photos of the rifle receiver (mounting surface of the rifle when there are no mounts installed), because it would help us expand our rifle mounts database. If you send us a photo of rifle receiver which we don’t already have, that would be of great value to us and we will definitely reward you for your help.

Please send us an email for more information. You can contact us here: info@optics-trade.eu