Occam Defense is mostly known for their AK products. However, some of their products can be adapted to other firearm platforms. The Hex 2.0 fixed stock is one of those offerings. In fact, I installed it on an Enoch 10/22 chassis. It might be a little overkill, but that is kind of what I expected from the Hex stock.

When I was looking for a stock, for the little 10/22, I remembered Occam Defense. Since the Hex 2.0 uses a picatinny attachment, it would mate up nicely to the Enoch’s picatinny rear rail. Guess what? It did. The stock slid onto the pic rail tightly. I had to push pretty hard to get it on. Occam had mentioned that this could be a problem. Something about most picatinny rails not being cut to the original specifications. Either way, the Hex 2.0 worked without much trouble. The clamping portion of the Hex 2.0 is made for a 4 slot vertical rail. The chassis I used only had a 3 slot rail but the hex 2.0 still clamped solidly to it.

This little Hex 2.0 stock is stout. Being made from billet 6061 aluminum helps make it that way. It weighs under a pound. Occam then hard coat anodizes it black. I would bet that you could beat this thing on concrete, and not bend it a bit. But really, it’s a solid stock.

Occam put a few nice touches into the Hex 2.0 stock. It has 3 built-in, anti-rotation QD mounts. 2 are at the rear of the stock, 1 at the top, and 1 at the bottom. The third QD mount is in the center of the stock, more toward the front. Machined in around the third QD is also a slogan: “By the Free, for the Free.” Pretty fitting for a stock made in the USA and, ironically, mainly being used on AK platform rifles. This variety of QD mounts will give you plenty of options for different sling mounting. I found them to come in useful, especially since I was using the stock on a 10/22 and didn’t have any way to mount a sling at the rear of the rifle.

I really appreciated the details that went into making the Hex 2.0 stock. Occam machined a nice ribbed pattern on the butt of the stock. It’s not sharp, but more smooth, and gives a nice feel on the shoulder. Well, at least better than a lot of other metal stocks do. Something I immediately noticed on the Hex 2.0 stock, were the steel inserts for the picatinny rail clamping screws. Definitely a top notch idea. Occam could have skimped here and just tapped the aluminum for these screws, but they didn’t! Thanks to these metal inserts and the Torx head screws, you can really clamp this stock down tight on the picatinny mounting rail. As an added bonus, the stock comes packed in straw, like an AK might have years ago.

The dimensions of the Hex 2.0 could seem small to some. They look this way because the stock is primarily designed for AK’s. So it has a shorter length than an AR15 stock. Coming in at 9” long, or 8 ¾” from the back of the picatinny rail. This length gave me the shortness I was looking for on the 10/22 build, as I wanted to keep it shorter, but still utilize a fixed style stock. The Hex 2.0 worked perfectly for it.

I am very pleased with the Occam Defense Hex 2.0 stock. Even though it is an AK stock, in my opinion, it works very well for my purpose. The Hex 2.0 is super sturdy, looks super nice, and has some other nice features to it. I wouldn’t hesitate to go check out the offerings from Occam Defense, especially the Hex stocks.