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<blockquote data-quote="brcfo_outdoors" data-source="post: 3098207" data-attributes="member: 113623"><p>I never even heard of negative comb height as a feature to look for until the Rokstok came around and it got an inordinate amount of hype on here. Now everyone is acting like it is a must have feature and that this stock is the future, but I don't buy it.</p><p></p><p>I usually shoot prone or sitting with a tripod while hunting, while occasionally using a tree or fence post for support. Depending on which position I am in, if I have a pack on etc, my face is either a little closer or a little farther from the ocular lens of my scope. I set up my eye relief on my optics to accommodate for that small variation. Now with an <em>aggressive</em> negative comb height, it looks to me that my eye would not be in the same position elevation wise to line up with my optic unless I am in the exact same spot every time. This also starts to be a problem with parallax on magnified optics with your head not being consistently in the same position.</p><p></p><p>Those claiming they can watch their hits through recoil, I am assuming because the stock is dropping away from your cheek during recoil to some degree? Does that not cause you to lose and have to re-establish your cheek weld for every follow up shot?</p><p></p><p>I am also in the "its hideous" camp. Looks like someone picked up a normal stock and twisted the butt stock around 180 degrees and called it innovative. One benefit of a more traditional stock design in that you can move a rear bag forward and backwards for gross elevation adjustments. I understand if that was maintained in the Rokstok it would look like a fish tail, but any benefit of that feature seems to be eliminated here.</p><p></p><p>The McMillan offerings look a little a lot more reasonable, but I can't help but notice they are copying Manner's homework on the LRH/Pro Hunter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brcfo_outdoors, post: 3098207, member: 113623"] I never even heard of negative comb height as a feature to look for until the Rokstok came around and it got an inordinate amount of hype on here. Now everyone is acting like it is a must have feature and that this stock is the future, but I don't buy it. I usually shoot prone or sitting with a tripod while hunting, while occasionally using a tree or fence post for support. Depending on which position I am in, if I have a pack on etc, my face is either a little closer or a little farther from the ocular lens of my scope. I set up my eye relief on my optics to accommodate for that small variation. Now with an [I]aggressive[/I] negative comb height, it looks to me that my eye would not be in the same position elevation wise to line up with my optic unless I am in the exact same spot every time. This also starts to be a problem with parallax on magnified optics with your head not being consistently in the same position. Those claiming they can watch their hits through recoil, I am assuming because the stock is dropping away from your cheek during recoil to some degree? Does that not cause you to lose and have to re-establish your cheek weld for every follow up shot? I am also in the "its hideous" camp. Looks like someone picked up a normal stock and twisted the butt stock around 180 degrees and called it innovative. One benefit of a more traditional stock design in that you can move a rear bag forward and backwards for gross elevation adjustments. I understand if that was maintained in the Rokstok it would look like a fish tail, but any benefit of that feature seems to be eliminated here. The McMillan offerings look a little a lot more reasonable, but I can't help but notice they are copying Manner's homework on the LRH/Pro Hunter. [/QUOTE]
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