Dear Santa Claus,
I hope you and Mrs. Claus are doing well. I also hope that you are getting more snow than we are. The lack of snow here has me concerned that you and the reindeer might have trouble getting around this year. Also, I blame the lack of snow on the hunting generally sucking.
Anywho, I really don’t want much for Christmas. Unfortunately, what I want is as scarce as the 1983 Cabbage Patch Kid doll — it is a left hand RokStok. Actually, the RokStok kind of reminds me of a Cabbage Patch Kid doll because it is ugly as f—k (my momma says I shouldn’t say or write that word). But, a couple guys got together and said, “Who cares that it looks different, look what it does!” I think it is going to be awesome. I have a Tikka 6.5 CM that I would like to put in that stock. It isn’t braked and I don’t want to jump through the hoops the government wants me to to get a suppressor, so I need a stock that will help me spot my shots. The thing that makes the RokStok look different from other stocks - the steep angle on the top of the stock - is what is supposed to help me do just that.
Please note that there are two Tikkas in the BAKPAKR household, my CM and my daughter’s 223. She did perfectly well spotting her shot with her Compact takeoff stock as she saw the buck she shot this year drop in its tracks. I just don’t want you to accidentally drop off a right hand stock. As an aside, prior to her hunt, one of the designers of the RokStok actually recommended a shoulder shot with the 77 gr TMK for DRT. It didn’t damage much meat and it worked as expected.
Thank you, and have a Merry Christmas!
BAKPAKR
P.S. If the RokStok has an easy way to add an Arca rail at the balance point and if you would wind up with a spare Really Right Stuff TFCT-14L tripod on your sleigh, I would take it, too.