My version of a Canadian Scout Rifle

358 BLR said:
Howdy folks;
Just though I'd share a photo of my latest and greatest.:D
Here is my beautiful Browning BLR Take-Down in 30-06 with a forward mounted ( obviously ) 2x-7x-32mm Burris Scout Scope.
I went with the variable powered scope as I thought it would be best to have the option of going after opportunities at longer distances.
Which is also why I chose to go with the 30-06 rather then the 308. You can say that it's too long (as my girl friend always does), but as
Canadians I thought a few inches longer with more power would be easy to handle. ;)

Now I must go make some room in my safe for this little darling.

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Well done.

Well done indeed.
 
Kevan said:
A few years ago when they first came out I bought a Ruger Hawkeye Frontier Compact in 358 and this little rifle has the option of mounting the scope forward or over the receiver.
I must have put at least a hundred rounds through it with a scope mounted on the barrel and I'll be darned if I could get comfortable with it so in desperation I mounted a 1.5X5 Leupold on the receiver, and that works ok for me.
So to those who are happy and comfortable with a forward mounted scope I applaud you, if it works good that's awesome..
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Exactly. You'll never know until you give it a try and there is absolutely no harm in trying. This is my first rifle using a forward mounted scope and so far it seems to work well: it comes up to the shoulder and on to target quite well. So to this point I'm quite pleased with it. The real test will come when I try putting a little lead down range and I get a more realistic assessment of forward mounted systems. I honestly hope it works out well, because my rifle looks so COOL.:cool:
 
Conventional scope...grrr....Picture this: You are set up perfectly. The position of the sun in the sky is...irrelevant to this particular discussion. The buck of your dreams walks out of the timber at 150 yards...but you are already beginning the trigger squeeze on the forkhorn 50 yards to his right. The gun barks, the bullet flies, the deer falls...you lower the rifle, and the smile is still-born on your face as you suddenly spot the big guy, who flags you insolently as he disappears from your life.

Even if you shoot with both eyes open, as you should, there is still a significant "blind-spot" surrounding the field of view of a conventionally-mounted scope. Conversely, when shooting a scout-scope-mounted rifle this is reduced and the degree of situational awareness is vastly improved.

They aren't for everybody, as others here have stated. Some people like'em, and some don't. They look weird to a traditionalist, they have reduced field-of-view at any given magnification (just an optical fact of life), and they are limited in their useful range of magnification. If you like shooting deer at 100 yards with 14x or 20x magnification, forget it. If you can't throw a rifle to your shoulder and find your target instantly centered in the scope, without any hunting around...well, a scout scope will drive you crazy. BUT...if you are going to postulate unlikely scenarios in an effort to downgrade their usefulness, well...that door swings both ways. Have you even tried one of these scopes?

OP, I love that gun setup just as you have it...not the chambering, but that's a topic for a different argument.:)
 
Nice rifle scope combo. A friend just got one of the hog Stalker TDs from Browning. First BLR I've handled in years. A well made and fit rifle. To use an often seen quote, "30-06 is never a mistake", good power and outstanding heavy bullet performance.
 
What makes this "Canadian"?

I also dont understand the scout rifle concept in terms of a hunting rifle. Very few hunting situations would require a forward mounted scope. I personally cant stand them.
 
blasted_saber said:
What makes this "Canadian"?

I also dont understand the scout rifle concept in terms of a hunting rifle. Very few hunting situations would require a forward mounted scope. I personally cant stand them.
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What makes this "Canadian"? The important terms in the title are "My version." You could take a picture of a rock in your hand and call it " My version of a Canadian Scout Rifle"
if you felt so inclined and nobody could really argue the point.:)

Now, as for situations that might require a forward mounted scope, I'd refer you to the picture below. Undoubtedly you recognize this as a Winchester 1885 Low Wall. As it sits, it
is wearing the stock mounting rail and rings and a Bushnell Elite 3200 2-7x32mm scope. I have the scope mounted where I can get a quick sight picture, but it definitely interferes
with rapidly chambering another round. In this situation it would be very advantageous (and ideal in my opinion) to have a scope that mounted with the ocular bell ending where the
cartridge chamber ends, but the rail and rings that come stock with the rifle make that impossible - and I have to wonder what on earth Winchester was thinking about with this set up.;)
I have managed to locate a better mounting rail (bottom picture) thanks to kenfarrel.com, but I doubt I will get a scope to mount as far forward as I would like without getting a
custom rail made up - which they also do at kenfarrel.com. If I could manage to mount a scope as I indicated, I estimate I would need a scope with an eye relief of approximately 6 to
7 inches; the Burris Scout scope on the BLR seems to work best at about 12 inches for me. Without having a custom rail made up (a rather pricey option), I'll probably go as far forward
as I can with a higher, most likely the highest, set of rings and a different scope of course; although it's quite obvious that the best solution would be to forward mount the scope. Don't you agree?

As a side note, both of these scopes are 2-7x32mm and both eyes open definitely works better with the scout configuration at lower magnifications. At high magnification it just squirrels
my brain regardless of how it is mounted.:p

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