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.

 

[rbutcher1234]

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

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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.

I saw the approx. and interpreted that very liberally.

 

[HuntHarder]

I'd be much happier closer to 23 ounces. Hopefully they have this thing on a proper diet before mine ships.

 

[BAKPAKR]

I know that a lot of people who hunt from the road or from SxSs/ATVs or from elevated blinds, but spend a lot of time on hunting forums, aren’t too concerned about weight, but there are some people who spend a lot of money to save an ounce or two on different components when putting their rifles together. Those people might think they need to reduce the stock weight so they can justify putting a S2H scope on their rifle (those same people are probably disappointed that the S2H scope didn’t end up being the 20 oz 3-12x that was initially talked about).

Anyway, I am pretty confident in my ability to get within 500 yards of an animal, so an off the shelf (gasp) Tikka with a 3-9 SWFA would generally suffice. If I questioned my ability to get that close, I might decide I should get a heavier rifle so I could shoot better and spot my impacts, or I might decide that I “have a mindset problem first, a training problem second, [or] a prioritization problem third.”

 

[Jason_307]

If one the them that’s a couple ounces heavy is a lefty tikka just box it up and send it to me. I think I’m number 57 on the order list…

 

[HighUintas]

I am just not going to not weigh mine and tell myself it's 23oz and then it will carry like it is. Happy day

 

[DB29]

I am just not going to not weigh mine and tell myself it's 23oz and then it will carry like it is. Happy day

I think I understand Schrödinger’s cat now…

 

[JDMBEND]

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

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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.

Please go somewhere else to bitch about a stock that you are not buying.

 

[BAKPAKR]

Please go somewhere else to bitch about a stock that you are not buying.

My posts were intended to point out that some people are concerned with weight. That concept apparently goes right over the heads of some other people. Initially, this stock sounded really appealing as a weight saver. Jake, in post 1, said the wood version was going to be 20/21 ounces with pad, and Ryan, in post 5, said the carbon version would be the same or a touch lighter. It is disappointing to me, since I lean towards being a weight weenie, that the carbon version didn’t hit that weight. I would still be fine with the “starting at 23 ounces” if that includes the pad. However, since the forearm design is unique, I am not going to buy one until I see how it feels in my hand.