Scope for a scout rifle

[model 49 rick]

I'm working on a project. I found a .308 Ruger Gunsite scout for $675. Took it to the range and was hitting in the 8/9/10 rings at 100 yd with the factory ghost ring. Very pleased, so I decided to get a couple extra mags, a sling, and a long eye relief scope. The plan is to see if I can use it for 200-600 yd shooting. I got a Leapers/UTG 2-7 x 44 scope on recommendations gleaned from the worldwide interwebs. This may have been a mistake. Nice scope - planning on keeping it for other rifles, but the thing is yuuuge! It adds a lot of weight forward of the breech. Yes I can use it, and it provides a very nice sight picture at the range I need it for, but it's not what I want for this gun. Leapers makes a smaller long eye relief, 1-4 x 28 I think. Has anyone here got one, and can relate your experiences with it? I want smaller size, less weight, and good accuracy out to 600 yd. Other recommendations for long eye relief scopes also welcome.

 

[Rule3]

I put a Burris 2.75 x 20 Scout scope on mine.

Another guy I know didn't like the Scout set up so called Ruger and got mounts to change it over to a regular scope type.

 

[Farmer17]

I don't like the Scout scopes and prefer a small lightweight traditional scope like a Weaver V1-3X, or a Leupold V1-4. If you're going to shoot at 600 yards you might also look at the Leupold lightweight VX-2-7 x28m/m.

 

[Bat Guano]

Having fooled around with ER Scout scopes I'm not too impressed with the balance and weight up front. I put an XS base on my GSR and used an old Weaver K4. Regrettably I don't use it much as my wrist doesn't like running the bolt hard.

I wish they had come out with that rifle about 30 years ago, though...

 

[BUFF]

I built my Scout on a Remington Model Seven stainless/synthetic in 1999. I used a Leupold M8 2.5 X 32 IEF scope.

I have shot it a lot but have never mastered the concept. I believe that I am too clumsy and slow reacting to get any more out of it than a standard mounted 1.5 x 5 scoped carbine. I should have gone to rifle school while Cooper was teaching it.

I think the development of higher end red dot scopes like the EOTech have proven to be an easier solution to the problems the Scout scope was intended to solve.

 

[Rule3]

I don't like the Scout scopes and prefer a small lightweight traditional scope like a Weaver V1-3X, or a Leupold V1-4. If you're going to shoot at 600 yards you might also look at the Leupold lightweight VX-2-7 x28m/m.

Granted, but I do not think a Scout rifle is really intended for 600 yards. I do prefer standard scope mounting but then it's no longer a Scout. At closer range the Ghost ring is pretty good for "close enough"

 

[scooter123]

My Gunsight has the earlier Nikon Monarch 2.5-8x28 and it works pretty well. However the eye relief changes with the magnification setting so you have to do a bit of compensating for that. Another issue is that the mounting rail can produce enough "pull" between the barrel and receiver to cause it to string vertically if you heat the barrel up with too much rapid firing. On more than one occasion I've shot groups with less than 1/2 inch of horizontal drift but nearly 2 inches of vertical at at 100 yards. If you want to shoot really tiny groups with it then remove that scout rail and mount a traditional eye relief scope on it. Or, plan on taking a minimum of 1 minute between each shot to allow the barrel to stay at a stable temperature.

 

[leswad]

Eotech on mine.