Is Rokslide a Cult? Is Fishnet Form the RokLeader?

[ndlawrence]

According to various places (LRO, 24hrCF) it is.

Decent number of people on both sites whining about The Cult’s view on the elephant caliber (.223) and aiming devices. Apparently, Form is a paid shill that uses his squirrel gun to wound every species in NA, while The Cult’s members blindly follow him, continually wounding animals while their freezers are depleted.

I was initially surprised to see Jeff @ LRO regard Rokslide as fallen like the Roman Empire. Many seem to view Rokslide as the place with no diversity of thought, where opposing ideas are edited out by an army of 4,000 foreigners spending every second of each day ensuring that The Cult’s view isn’t challenged. Of course, the irony lies in a thread questions the elephant gun’s use on big game, where one view point was completely removed before the thread was locked. What says you?

 

[kkp005]

I’ve been on pretty much all the forums and this is the one I feel like I’ve learned the most from. Pretty much the only forum I visit now. But I shoot short suppressed tikkas, TMK’s, trijicons and mavens…. So maybe I’m compromised from drinking the cult koolaid

 

[rhsmith3]

I think a lot of the popular ideas and the conviction behind them feels that way here. I enjoy most of it, and learn a lot surfing through here.

 

[Billy Goat]

Man, I feel honored to be thrown in with the rest of those guys.


I'm really just bringing everyone else down tho.


I need to work on bringing actual valuable content.

 

[gbflyer]

The meme selections are way better over here.

 

[Wyo_hntr]

It's a bastion of freedom from the mental disorder that is fuddism.....a fudd-lore free zone if you will. Where ft lbs of energy are a useless metric, and mpbr is antiquated.

 

[kickemall]

I don't care. I read the info. from this site and others and use what I find to work and disregard the rest. To each their own. I value Form and Ryan's opinion and I value Broz's over on LRO. No reason to bash folks just because their experiences are different than yours. Hunt and shoot however works for you.

 

[Shortschaf]

Snipershide is comp shooter cancer, LRO is fuddworld, LRH is fuddworld, Rokslide is normal serious hunters.

Formidilosus is a polarizing admin. But there's a lot of ridiculous ideology in shooting and hunting that has existed for too long for no reason.

 

[87TT]

 

[Swamp Fox]

According to various places (LRO, 24hrCF) it is.

Decent number of people on both sites whining about The Cult’s view on the elephant caliber (.223) and aiming devices. Apparently, Form is a paid shill that uses his squirrel gun to wound every species in NA, while The Cult’s members blindly follow him, continually wounding animals while their freezers are depleted.

I was initially surprised to see Jeff @ LRO regard Rokslide as fallen like the Roman Empire. Many seem to view Rokslide as the place with no diversity of thought, where opposing ideas are edited out by an army of 4,000 foreigners spending every second of each day ensuring that The Cult’s view isn’t challenged. Of course, the irony lies in a thread questions the elephant gun’s use on big game, where one view point was completely removed before the thread was locked. What says you?

This thread is worthless without links ...


LOL

 

[Maverick1]

1. Been a member here since 2013.
2. Purchased my first Tikka in 2000 - - - everyone is just starting to catch on.
3. Don't own a .223.
4. Purchased my first set of fishnet baselayers last year and they worked really well, especially with heated Pnuma gear over the top.

 

[Matt5266]

This is the only forum or social media for that matter I use. I've scoured several but this is the only one I feel like most provide proof for their statements and give good overall general advise. Your always going to have the "to each their own" but in general there is always a consensus that tracks. I appreciate everyones brutal honesty. Although I am a glutton for punishment....just shoot me straight I dont care, not many feelings here to hurt. Just be honest. That's what this group is and I respect that.

 

[Geewhiz]

I like this forum because there is a fair bit of traffic here and a single thread doesn’t sit at the top for 2 days before another member logs in and comments. Also there’s a lot of focus on all different types of gear, which is cool.

And it seams as though there’s not too many libs. Another hunting forum I browse semi regularly is (I’m learning) much more left-leaning than I ever realized and it’s really starting to chap my azz.

Plus, people here seam to have a bit thicker skin about all kinds of various topics so there’s not whiney little b*****s in every thread, which is nice.

Mods are great too which is a factoid that deserves to be noted.

 

[PathFinder]

It isn't hard to see what the difference between Rokslide and other sites is. One side is full of conjecture and old wive's tales, one has hundreds of pages of necropsies, tests, and accompanying data.
Rokslide is refreshingly objective, that's what brings me back.

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[Marbles]

There is a thread on the fire whining about Form. They linked a 2013 thread as evidence of him being full of bull. The way some referenced it, I though I was going to agree and it was a tall tail. I read it, and while there may have been an error in perception or two (hey, I have thought 7 inch bear tracks were 9 without a ruler), it really was not a tall tail and is more evidence for his confidence and consistency.

Thanks Montana (solo backpack elk) and 2013 season

Right at the end of October I found out that I would have most of November off, which meant that something out west needed to hold a tag for me. It had been a couple of years since I had hunted out there but knew that I didn't want to go to Colorado, so I checked the Wildlife departments ...

www.24hourcampfire.com

 

[Mighty Mouse]

 

[ljalberta]

Tell you what, when it came to the sliding down the cliff part of the story, I was really hoping he was gonna be saved by the SWFA 6MQ turret digging and stopping the slide.

I also appreciate here that people try things out. And that a huge focus is backpack hunting. I find lots of others forums the idea of being away from a vehicle with only a backpack is unthinkable.

 

[Billy Goat]

Don't turn this into prom court, and make it about best dressed.

Tho wife said I get a new shirt if I win.

 

[xsn10s]

A cult? I wouldn't say that. An echo chamber? Some threads are, but then all the forums have that trait. I was pretty disappointed with one of the threads on the other sites. I consider myself a student of terminal performance for decades. I worked in the firearms industry as a firearms trainer, ammunition development/ manufacturing, and firearms testing. So though I wouldn't necessarily do all the hunting with say a .223/ 5.56 I'm pretty impressed with some of the results I've seen on here. I've seen negative things on all the forums. I just move on to the next forum and take a break. I move forward with finding new data, not the drama.

 

[ndlawrence]

Tell you what, when it came to the sliding down the cliff part of the story, I was really hoping he was gonna be saved by the SWFA 6MQ turret digging and stopping the slide.

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