Does anyone else here have a Scout Rifle?

[Raymon4s]

Nice Boar!

Hey mm6mm6, that is a nice Boar! That is actually my Daughter's all time favorite game meat. She, since she was quite little, has made an ongoing rating chart where she rates her favorite game meals with stars - 5 Stars being the best.....

Some samples from her rating chart-

Wild Boar Pot Roast 5 Stars
Venison Tenderloin 5 Stars
Buffalo Rib Eye (Blackened) 5 Stars
Rattlesnake 4 Stars
Ostrich Breast 4 Stars
Rabbit Stew 4 Stars
Squirrel Stew 4 Stars
Pheasant (Several Ways) 4 Stars

Her chart goes on for 2 pages! It's a riot.....

Anyway, congrats on your Boar take, and good eatin'!

-Ray

 

[mm6mm6]

I like her ratings! We just finished the last of our 14 breakfast sausage casings. Yummmm!

 

[Sprefix]

My Ultimate Scout Rifle

I have a rifle that fits the bill for me. It is a Kimber Montana in .325 WSM. It has a 17" bbl. and a blue-printed action. The bolt face has been trued and the firing pin adjusted. It has a 2-7 Burris mil dot scope on it. It is keeping my AMD-65 company. The AMD is 25.5 inches long folded.(for comparison.) The WSM spits a 220 grain bullet at @ 2700 out of the tube.

 

[Recoil Rob]

My first is a 1955 M94 30-30 with the original Detacho- Mount set-up.

Then I made one up similar to mm6mm6's, a Marlin 336 in .35 Rem., cut back to 16", glass bedded, with the AO mount and sights and Leupold 2X, wearing a Ching Sling. I also tried my hand at checkering but that wood is a little soft.

This gun shoots well, that was shot at 100yds with factory ammo.

 

[10mmauto]

Here are two of mine - a .357 and a .45-70.

 

[mm6mm6]

RecoilRob, I'm very partial...but that Marlin of yours looks wonderful!

10mmAuto, those two Marlins are hunting machines!

 

[Recoil Rob]

RecoilRob, I'm very partial...but that Marlin of yours looks wonderful!

10mmAuto, those two Marlins are hunting machines!

Thank you, now I just need to get 'er out and get a peeg!

 

[mm6mm6]

...and the "peeg" was good on Memorial Day!

 

[M29since14]

...I read a review and the writer apparently liked the rifle but said it was a concept way behind the times what with all the AR platforms out there. Looks to me to be plenty of interest here.

The writer misses the point.

 

[off road]

I have the Ruger! For me, this is just a sweet little carbine....that's all. The fact that it has some features like a reasonable price, detachable box magazine, rail for mounting optics, flash hider (can't hurt), etc., is all just a plus. I actually couldn't care less about Cooper's theoretical considerations, which are based on his military experience two generations ago....when it was a very different world!

I live in the southwest. I got this for a camping/truck gun. The terrain here is open, even in the wooded mountains (we don't have the thick understory like you would find in the northwest, for example). Shots will ternd to be longish, yet I am not interested in lugging around anything with a long or heavy barrel. For now, I have a red dot sight on it just to have something. Eventually, a conventionally mounted Leupold Mk 8 looks good to me, maybe.

It also has some appeal as a SHTF rifle. In an urban area, I would certainly prefer an M4, but out in the desert or mountains where you aren't dealing with masses of "zombies", a light portable reliable .308 bolt gun, makes great sense!

 

[M29since14]

Off road... Could you tell us a bit about the magazine and how it fits in the rifle? Pictures would be helpful - with the mag in and out of the gun. It doesn't use a standard magazine of some type, does it? (M14/M1-A, SR25, L1A1, etc.)

 

[off road]

If you do a search google or the Ruger forums, there are lots of in-depth reviews out there on this rifle.

Magazines are 5 or 10 rounds from Accuracy International, and not interchangeable with anything else I can recall (except maybe AI's own guns). Hard to get at one time, but Ruger now has them in stock...they are pricey. Lower priced plastic ones are in the pipeline, from what I understand. The 5 rounder is better for carrying with a sling, because it doesn't stick into your back so badly.

The magazine catch is in front of the trigger guard, and goes in pretty much straight up (you don't have to cant it like the AK or anything like that). Not sure if I like the wooden laminate stock or not. Synthetic would certainly be lighter.

 

[Qball]

I have a Husqvarna that i made like a Scout rifle
6.5x55 is the caliber, shortend and threaded for a silencer.
Shure it's ugly, but it's mine

 

[Farmer17]

I used to love reading Jeff Cooper’s articles about handguns, and he was probably the greatest salesman of all time, he could sell an air conditioner to an Eskimo. He convinced me, my beloved Smith & Wesson model 39 was worthless, underpowered, and impossible to shoot well. So I got a Colt combat government model .45 which I liked a lot but still wish I had the model 39. He acted like the scout rifle was so superior to any other rifle out there, but in reality a Youth model 308 with a rifle with a 1-4X variable scope would probably work as well or better for a fourth the cost.

 

[Beemerguy53]

Are used to love reading Jeff Cooper’s articles about handguns, and he was probably the greatest salesman of all times, he could sell an air conditioner to an Eskimo. He convinced me, my beloved Smith & Wesson model 39 was worthless, underpowered, and impossible gun to shoot well. So I got a Colt combat government model 45 which I liked a lot but still wish I had the model 39. He acted like the scout rifle was so superior to any other rifle out there, but in reality a Youth model 308 with a rifle with a 1-4X variable scope would probably work as well or better for a fourth the cost.

Just wondering: Have you ever owned or fired a Steyr Scout Rifle?

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

I had an early Savage Scout rifle...the trigger was not the best but that was before they had introduced their Accu-Trigger. While light the recoil was on the vicious side...poor stock design which has long been a Savage hallmark in spite of the capabilities of their products otherwise.

I once had a Springfield Armory T26 in .308...nice, nice carbine. Still kicking myself for being talked out of it for stupid money.

The closest I have today to the Scout rifle concept is my Remington 788 in .223. While it's probably too long to fit the concept and not a heavier caliber...it's incredibly accurate with even white box generic 55-grain ammunition. I have no illusions about using it in a SHTF scenario...ammo is certainly available but parts are not so it's merely a range gun today.

If there were to be a SHTF scenario today I would choose my Colt 6921 M4 or Armalite AR10...both proven designs for available calibers and parts. They might fit Cooper's Scout rifle concept but I also believe times and available firearms today have passed his concept by. A late friend who was an instructor at Gunsite for Cooper said he never understood the Colonel's fascination for the concept.

My Remington 788...the whole series from Remington was intended to be a more entry level rifle as a much lower cost than the 700 series...but have always had a reputation for shooting above their price level. Mine certainly does. It shows a Vortex scope in the pic...that's been replaced with a Redfield Wideview Ascu-Range 3-9x scope which works great.