Rokstok Lite

[AlaskaRed]

So pack liners and one less spare pair of socks? Weight helps you shoot better and this is 3oz. It didn’t go from “damn this is the perfect weight” to “this is unable to be carried and beyond my physical ability” in 3oz.

If 3oz of weight is what breaks your ability to carry your gear successfully on a hunt, whether it’s just a rifle, binos, and a knife, or a full multi day pack setup, I would argue that you have a mindset problem first, a training problem second, and a prioritization problem third.

You can stand on the “I wanted something different and the inconsistency isn’t what I wanted” but please don’t try to die on the hill that those 3oz made a realistic and measurably detrimental change in the way that rifle carried on your hunt. We are talking about the light version of a stock that is already lighter than the factory plastic stock.

If that was a tongue in cheek comment, then please disregard. I just see a lot of mountains out of molehills posts on this site a lot, particularly in UM gear threads, and it is causing most of those posters to miss the forest for the sake of one tiny shrub that didn’t matter.

I wonder how many guys are walking around with 3+ extra ounces of backpack straps on their packs? Imagine if backpack manufacturers weighed their products and they came a few ounces heavy (which they most certainly would).

I personally would gladly take or add 3 ounces of weight to my stocks to make them shoot better. I frequently add 3 ounces of kydex and screws for an adjustable cheek pad to my tikka stocks.

Go spend some time on the ultralight backpacking reddit and figure out neat ways to shed a few ounces. You can literally save 4-5 ounces of weight ditching your dumb nalgene bottle for a smartwater water bottle.

All this to say it would be nice to get some fully dressed weights from what stockys is sending and what the finish product from UM will be. It's clear that this is something acknowledged and being worked on.

 

[rbutcher1234]

I get a kick out of myopic responses like this whenever someone who is hoping for a lightweight rifle complains about the weight of a stock, barrel, scope, action, etc. coming in higher than advertised.

So then you fall in the category I already described, which is the “I wanted something different and the inconsistency isn’t what I wanted” camp.

How many people who are complaining about this, or like you think I’m being ridiculous, would have successfully harvested an animal with 3oz less on their rifle?

Or did you read everything I wrote and come to the conclusion that 3oz, which if we are going to play the game of “this does make a big impact” should help your shooting improve, really does make a measurable difference in your ability to proficiently pursue game animals?

Or did you read the part on this thread about how there isn’t a final or advertised weight for the lite?

 

[BAKPAKR]

Or did you read the part on this thread about how there isn’t a final or advertised weight for the lite?

Did you read the Unknown Munitions webpage on the Rokstok Lite?



BTW - I like the feel of the Rokstok but they are coming in too heavy for me. I hope to handle a Rokstok Lite this summer. If I like how it feels in my hand, I will probably get one.