Building a Ruger Scout Rifle help.

Another option for a "scout like" rifle would be the Tikka Battue. The barrel is a little long compared to a 16" scout, but you could have it trimmed if you really wanted to. The 3 round magazine is basically flush fitting for easy carrying, and the irons are really really good. Topped off with something like a Leupold 1.5-4x in QD rings and you would have a fantastic, lightweight package for the price of a used Ruger M77 Scout, and not that much more than the Ruger American Scout.



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I’d think twice about a short barreled rifle that’s firing a 80k psi cartridge. I’d bet it would rattle your fillings! As far as scopes go, I’d say the best I’ve seen is the original Leupold followed by the Burris 2.75x.
 
I have many rifles that fit the definition of scout rifles but nothing really come close to the performance of Steyr Scout from factory. You got two 5 rounds magazine, built in bipod, built in iron sights, picatiny rail, come with sling, sling stud and third mounting for chic sling. It shots straight out of the box.

The action is very smooth and the trigger is excellent and the grouping is almost touching each other for the first 5 rounds.

It also comes with many choice of caliber. I chose 6.5 creedmoor.
 
mark k said:
I’d think twice about a short barreled rifle that’s firing a 80k psi cartridge. I’d bet it would rattle your fillings! As far as scopes go, I’d say the best I’ve seen is the original Leupold followed by the Burris 2.75x.
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Now that is an interesting thought and one that I had not considered, the concussion of a short barrel with those hot rounds. Not to mention the fun of taking them to the range and shooting besides other people.
 
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A lot of comments on LPVO optics over scout optics through these posts which is an interesting take. This rifle is my .223 ruger ranch with a 1-8 vortex. We had this up in petawawa last summer shooting out to 500 yards on the range it it was surprisingly fun. But its made me wonder what a higher powered rifle, with a different optics set up might be like. Hence looking at .308 (I already have a bunch of AI mags and ammo) or a 6.5cm.

I wonder if some of the other LPVO's would offer improvements over the vortex strike eagle.
 
I have a Ruger Ranch 2 in 308 with a PA 2.5X-10X and I must say it's a blast to shoot. Fast, accurate within 300, Great Trigger (Mine is at 2 lbs)

With a 10 Round Mag I believe it fits the "spirit" of the scout rifle. Although it may not be a forward mounted optic, I think the theme fits.
 
Buzzballer said:
Thanks for this suggestion on optics KePet. I live 5 minutes from the vortex warranty office so its hard to not want to buy from them. They are really awesome to deal with. But i will absolutely look at the Burris and hi-lux and see what they have to offer.

I have a Ruger American gen 1 in .223 and I am amazed at how dependable of a firearm it really is. Nothing special but surprisingly good for the price range. Ill dive into this more shortly.
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now that's a reason to put a scope on your rifle 5 min from a warranty depot
Wow ???
 
struff55 said:
now that's a reason to put a scope on your rifle 5 min from a warranty depot
Wow ???
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I’ve taken two scopes back to them over the last few years for damage that I caused to them and they fixed them with no questions asked. The staff is honestly amazing at vortex. They actually fix issues! Both my optics were painted as well. Because.. I have a problem.
 
My take on "warranty" - some years ago I was on a mountain side North and West of Grande Cache, Alta - South and West from Grande Prairie, Alta. - I think I got a cell phone call from a person at a dealership in Yorkton, Saskatchewan telling me that my tire chains for my side-by-side were in from the wholesaler - for some reason the thought came to me that "warranty" was absolutely useless to me - then and there - my stuff HAD to work - I was a good hour walk to pavement and then a good 1/2 hour drive to a town with a Post Office. Not just the rifle scope - that also went for the boots that I was wearing, the knife that I had, and so on. Maybe if one stays in a city, then a "warranty" might make sense, but my stuff "HAS" to function - and I have had several scopes die out on the rifle range, where the consequence was not serious - however - my thinking was that a scope is not likely to die on 200th or 201st shot, but I'm more likely to find out if it is "funky" on the 3rd or 4th shot.

You could take that thought a bit further - assume you are being charged by something that will do its best to kill you. You are going to have time for one shot - so the person who put the pellet in that primer had better have done their job properly, or I will be dead, versus various "duds" I have experienced over the years - hand loads and factory ammo.. No time (for me) for "warranty" then.
 
For anyone who has not read Jeff Cooper's criteria - as I recall, a "scout" was a person who would go "walk about" for months on end - no re-supply - so what he had, was what he carried. Such an assignment may have never existed, any where, for any country - but the rifle he would have carried is what the discussion was about. The "Scout" was not to initiate or be involved in "fire-fights" - he was not a "combatant" as we use the word - just a watcher, perhaps - but a survivor. So he also had to feed himself and defend himself from other predators that were where he was - some with two legs, some with four legs. The whole point of "scout" seems to be opposite of large capacity magazine - the "scout" was not going to get into a running gunfight - gonna back on out and avoid the encounter, all together, but extremely lethal if "push comes to shove". Not to be confused with a Scout/Sniper TEAM - who probably had similar skills, but they were typically more than one person and usually re-supplied or extracted.
 
Reading a bit about Denmark's "Sledge Patrol" on Greenland - so those guys are typically considered the "elite" of the Danish Armed Forces. They go out in pairs, I think, for a couple of months - with a dog team - into the dark to cover the glaciers on Greenland - oddly, one of their serious foes is musk ox bulls - and perhaps oddly, they do not use "Scout" style rifles - they use WWI M1917 rifles in 30-06 - by choice. My information might be 10 or 15 years out of date - maybe they equip themselves differently today.
 
Potashminer said:
For anyone who has not read Jeff Cooper's criteria - as I recall, a "scout" was a person who would go "walk about" for months on end - no re-supply - so what he had, was what he carried. Such an assignment may have never existed, any where, for any country - but the rifle he would have carried is what the discussion was about. The "Scout" was not to initiate or be involved in "fire-fights" - he was not a "combatant" as we use the word - just a watcher, perhaps - but a survivor. So he also had to feed himself and defend himself from other predators that were where he was - some with two legs, some with four legs. The whole point of "scout" seems to be opposite of large capacity magazine - the "scout" was not going to get into a running gunfight - gonna back on out and avoid the encounter, all together, but extremely lethal if "push comes to shove". Not to be confused with a Scout/Sniper TEAM - who probably had similar skills, but they were typically more than one person and usually re-supplied or extracted.
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yeah I would take an m16 if I was in that situation, sorry jeff
 
I am a carbine and scout rifle fan. One of my favorites is my Win94 with a no-gunsmith cantilever mount and a HiLux LER scope. Only "downside" is the lack of a sling. I know there are no-drill options to mount a sling, I just haven't bothered.
 
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