What is a Cooper scout / Gunsite Ranch rifle?

No iron sights though.
Not only does the Steyr have irons, but...even though they are intended as back-ups and are usually folded down out of the way...they are still better than the original equipment sights on most rifles being sold today.

The sights on the Arctic are terrific, but they ain't compact or sleek. And, like the sights on the horrid Ruger Gunsite, they must be removed if you want to have a scope mounted in the traditional position. How silly is that?
 
Not only does the Steyr have irons, but...even though they are intended as back-ups and are usually folded down out of the way...they are still better than the original equipment sights on most rifles being sold today.

The sights on the Arctic are terrific, but they ain't compact or sleek. And, like the sights on the horrid Ruger Gunsite, they must be removed if you want to have a scope mounted in the traditional position. How silly is that?
Check the snapshot I posted. The orginal iron sights are still there and are instantly usable even, through an admittedly small opening in the ring mounts.
 
Check the snapshot I posted. The orginal iron sights are still there and are instantly usable even, through an admittedly small opening in the ring mounts.
I see they can be used, but I wouldn't want my scope that high or that far back. When you have a neck like a giraffe, and arms like a gibbon...and are old-fashioned enough to like a scope kept as low as possible rather than up on the second floor...stuff like this becomes more important. Ideally, with most scopes that exhibit a more or less typical amount of eye relief, my preferred eyepiece location is just barely behind the trigger. Your gun would likely require me to consciously hold my face a little further back than where I would naturally land, in order to avoid a black eye or worse. :)
 
I see they can be used, but I wouldn't want my scope that high or that far back. When you have a neck like a giraffe, and arms like a gibbon...and are old-fashioned enough to like a scope kept as low as possible rather than up on the second floor...stuff like this becomes more important. Ideally, with most scopes that exhibit a more or less typical amount of eye relief, my preferred eyepiece location is just barely behind the trigger. Your gun would likely require me to consciously hold my face a little further back than where I would naturally land, in order to avoid a black eye or worse. :)
Well like I said it's a near ideal setup for me, what with my giraffe neck and my gibbon arms. :)
 
Despite not wanting to respond to arsehole comments and regarding it as an odious task in the first place, OK here is a snapshot of my two rather ordinary pieces of kit with sling attached. Enjoy the F out of it, boys.

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A very nice setup. That must be pushing ~$5k or so with taxes in the current economy. No wonder you keep it wrapped in that pretty blanket!

Seems Steyrs run a little cheaper than the T3X arctic and perhaps offer a little more adaptability with the threaded muzzle, lower sight position, integrated bipod and magazine storage in stock. Also MLok on forend for a flashlight and an arguably more durable stock than the laminated Tikka. Still not an inexpensive option.

I think for a rifle that ticks all the boxes but is still somewhat affordable (and therefore more likely to be used as it was intended), the new Ruger American scouts in .308 seem a solid choice.
The stocks are simple but solid, the actions are pillar bedded with V blocks, they are light, accurate, reliable, have irons, ample rail estate, threaded barrels. More or less everything that’s called for at a fraction of the Steyr or the Arctic.
Affordability was never really a hot criteria in the scout concept, but for most people, it’s a pragmatic consideration.
 
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