RokStok

[Formidilosus]

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Christmas came early! Thanks to UM for getting the chopped 223 here in time for the season.

Can you show some more pics withholding the bolt shroud visible?

 

[lak2004]

Does anyone have a factory T3x lite barrel in the larger barrel channel stocks? Curious how much of a gap it leaves. Is it large enough it will snag every pieces of brush I walk past?

I have a factory barrel cut down to 18" in the ace #3 channel. No issues with stuff in the channel.

 

[atmat]

Does anyone have a factory T3x lite barrel in the larger barrel channel stocks? Curious how much of a gap it leaves. Is it large enough it will snag every pieces of brush I walk past?

No photos on hand right now but both of mine are factory Lite contour in Senderos and it’s a non-issue.

Honestly I thought it would look dumb (though I don’t care how it looks), and it doesn’t even look bad. It’s way more functional too.

 

[Grizzle]

I have a factory barrel cut down to 18" in the ace #3 channel. No issues with stuff in the channel.

Any chance you could show a picture? I'm going to be ordering a second as soon as they re open sales and it will have a tikka profile barrel. Been going back and forth between the tikka contour or 3b as I'd like a decent gap without being a complete hotdog down a hallway situation

 

[Moccasin]

Can you show some more pics withholding the bolt shroud visible?

Yessir. It’s from Lumley.

 

[lintond]

Does anyone have a factory T3x lite barrel in the larger barrel channel stocks? Curious how much of a gap it leaves. Is it large enough it will snag every pieces of brush I walk past?

This is a PVA .75 in a sendero contour. It’s got plenty of gap but nothing that concerns me for my typical hunting in desert/mountains. I try to avoid the coastal rain forest…

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[Formidilosus]

Yessir. It’s from Lumley.

Thank you. That’s a good looking shroud.

 

[Moccasin]

Thank you. That’s a good looking shroud.

Cosmetic, but I like that it’s more commercial M98 than stock Darth Vader.

Thank you for the recommendation on Waters Rifleman magazines. My stock tikka 223 mag needs some fiddling to properly feed. The Waters are flawless thus far.

 

[Formidilosus]

Cosmetic, but I like that it’s more commercial M98 than stock Darth Vader.

I do too.

Thank you for the recommendation on Waters Rifleman magazines. My stock tikka 223 mag needs some fiddling to properly feed. The Waters are flawless thus far.

Good to hear.

 

[DangerRanger]

Any chance you could show a picture? I'm going to be ordering a second as soon as they re open sales and it will have a tikka profile barrel. Been going back and forth between the tikka contour or 3b as I'd like a decent gap without being a complete hotdog down a hallway situation

This is what I have, I’ll try to snap a pic tonight

I like it

 

[walk2112]

Does anyone have a factory T3x lite barrel in the larger barrel channel stocks? Curious how much of a gap it leaves. Is it large enough it will snag every pieces of brush I walk past?

Here’s a normal T3x Lite stainless in a Sendero inlet.

When navigating thru deep, thick shitty alder/willow/devils club forest earlier this year with this same stock on a Superlite barrel (same barrel od, just fluted) the channel did get some stuff in it because sticks/twigs/branches would ride the barrel down to where the end of stock is, and as I pushed thru brush some of the branch’s leafs, twigs, fuzz balls, bark would get stripped off as it slid along that pinch point at end of stock. Some of that material fell in the barrel channel under the barrel and had to be cleaned out.
Important factors though: I’m tall and I was carrying the rifle strapped to my pack (sticking up high) and just pushing half blindly through thick coastal Alaskan brush for several hours (could have carried it about 3 different ways just fine).
Also, I feel like the bigger the channel the easier it is to clean out without taking the stock off. Poke/jiggle a piece of paracord under the barrel as far back towards the receiver as you can and then with other hand slide it up and down the barrel so everything falls out. But that’s just me. Probably less crap in there if the barrel gap was smaller, but I wouldn’t call it snaggy, and I may not have even known stuff was packed in there with a smaller barrel gap tbh, which could be a different POI issue later

P.S. -Any body else notice how much auto correct sucks these days? I type ‘other hand’ and phone corrects to ‘bother hands’… shit like that. Have to write many things twice

 

[lak2004]

Any chance you could show a picture? I'm going to be ordering a second as soon as they re open sales and it will have a tikka profile barrel. Been going back and forth between the tikka contour or 3b as I'd like a decent gap without being a complete hotdog down a hallway situation

Here ya go.

 

[flyfisher117]

Here’s a normal T3x Lite stainless in a Sendero inlet.

When navigating thru deep, thick shitty alder/willow/devils club forest earlier this year with this same stock on a Superlite barrel (same barrel od, just fluted) the channel did get some stuff in it because sticks/twigs/branches would ride the barrel down to where the end of stock is, and as I pushed thru brush some of the branch’s leafs, twigs, fuzz balls, bark would get stripped off as it slid along that pinch point at end of stock. Some of that material fell in the barrel channel under the barrel and had to be cleaned out.
Important factors though: I’m tall and I was carrying the rifle strapped to my pack (sticking up high) and just pushing half blindly through thick coastal Alaskan brush for several hours (could have carried it about 3 different ways just fine).
Also, I feel like the bigger the channel the easier it is to clean out without taking the stock off. Poke/jiggle a piece of paracord under the barrel as far back towards the receiver as you can and then with other hand slide it up and down the barrel so everything falls out. But that’s just me. Probably less crap in there if the barrel gap was smaller, but I wouldn’t call it snaggy, and I may not have even known stuff was packed in there with a smaller barrel gap tbh, which could be a different POI issue later

P.S. -Any body else notice how much auto correct sucks these days? I type ‘other hand’ and phone corrects to ‘bother hands’… shit like that. Have to write many things twice

Thank you that exactly what I wanted to see. With the rifle on my pack I was worried about branches and shit sliding down the barrel and getting wedged in there. Not against cleaning it out just don't want a willow or something to grab hold and not want to let go haha.

I haven't totally decided if I want to rebarrel to a carbon sendero barrel when the time comes.

 

[SamsonMan22]

Thank you that exactly what I wanted to see. With the rifle on my pack I was worried about branches and shit sliding down the barrel and getting wedged in there. Not against cleaning it out just don't want a willow or something to grab hold and not want to let go haha.

I haven't totally decided if I want to rebarrel to a carbon sendero barrel when the time comes.

99% of the time if it gets in easy it gets out easy. I have been using sendero inlets for the past few years and I have way less trouble with debris accumulation and snagging now. I hunted with a krg bravo all season which is about as open as it gets and for the final week or so the rifle spent its time in a factory stock opened up to something like the 3b. It caught more stuff in a few days time than the bravo did in multiple seasons.

I will say for every one time my rifle has caught something in the barrel channel and it didn’t come right out I have had 20+ times where something was caught between the scope and barrel using low mount rings. Going to higher rings solved this but I hated dealing with a cheek piece sticking up all the time so I went back to lows.

 

[brocksw]

I see in an earlier post someone mentioned there will be a light version of the rokstock in 2025 that’s 8 oz lighter?

Is this correct?

 

[gtriple]

I see in an earlier post someone mentioned there will be a light version of the rokstock in 2025 that’s 8 oz lighter?

Is this correct?

That's what they are saying on the podcast

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

I see in an earlier post someone mentioned there will be a light version of the rokstock in 2025 that’s 8 oz lighter?

Is this correct?

They speculate later 2025 and are wanting it to be low 20oz target. But it needs to be prototyped and weight savings validated, etc. so nothing is set in stone as they say yet.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Exactly. Even if it was a shitty, 90% inlet, it’d be a fun project to clean up, add pillars, bed, paint, etc.

I asked Boyds last year if they planned to keep up with the industry and design a similar stock to the Rokstock and other negative comb models. They said they had no plans and recommended their varmint stock with adjustable comb.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Here’s a normal T3x Lite stainless in a Sendero inlet.

When navigating thru deep, thick shitty alder/willow/devils club forest earlier this year with this same stock on a Superlite barrel (same barrel od, just fluted) the channel did get some stuff in it because sticks/twigs/branches would ride the barrel down to where the end of stock is, and as I pushed thru brush some of the branch’s leafs, twigs, fuzz balls, bark would get stripped off as it slid along that pinch point at end of stock. Some of that material fell in the barrel channel under the barrel and had to be cleaned out.
Important factors though: I’m tall and I was carrying the rifle strapped to my pack (sticking up high) and just pushing half blindly through thick coastal Alaskan brush for several hours (could have carried it about 3 different ways just fine).
Also, I feel like the bigger the channel the easier it is to clean out without taking the stock off. Poke/jiggle a piece of paracord under the barrel as far back towards the receiver as you can and then with other hand slide it up and down the barrel so everything falls out. But that’s just me. Probably less crap in there if the barrel gap was smaller, but I wouldn’t call it snaggy, and I may not have even known stuff was packed in there with a smaller barrel gap tbh, which could be a different POI issue later

P.S. -Any body else notice how much auto correct sucks these days? I type ‘other hand’ and phone corrects to ‘bother hands’… shit like that. Have to write many things twice

I've found that blowing mine out with my Milwaukee 18V blower or my air compressor in my garage works great with the larger barrel channeled Rokstoks. I do it every time they get wiped down or after a longer hunt.

 

[DB29]

Went together easy and the fit seems great. Torqued to 65in-lb with a factory plastic bottom metal and no shims.

Can’t wait to shoot it this weekend!