- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
I'd just make a nice muzzle nut fer the bugger on the lathe & blend it to the barrel profile, but without any unsightly knurling. A dab of Loctite blue works beauty to keep it secured.
Ruger Gunsite Scout in .450 Bushmaster
- Thread starter jjohnwm
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I'd just make a nice muzzle nut fer the bugger on the lathe & blend it to the barrel profile, but without any unsightly knurling. A dab of Loctite blue works beauty to keep it secured.
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
- Location
- Saskatchewan
I'm in. I was looking at getting the American in 450 but this is so much better. Love the scout-style.
WOW! Exactly what I was thinking.... Ruger really needs to tap into the 35 Cal niche a little more. I don't think that I could resist the Ruger Scout in 358 Win... Laminate, stainless, no muzzle break..... would be awesome and probably fly off the shelves.
There are actually three others..... .223, .308 and 6.5 cm.......
lol I like that analogy. If I was in charge, I would have gone with 338 Federal or 358 Winchester for an option that'll spit heavier bullets than the 308.
Although its likely that they picked this cartridge not for its ballistic capabilities, but because its a "cool" caliber with few other options and they expect that to drive sales from the tacticool gun guns, rather than the hunters among us.
If you were to watch that video that starts the thread, you would see that the 450 bushmaster was put in the American bolt action by Ruger to sell the guns to states that permit straight wall pistol cartridges during some hunting seasons where bottle neck cartridges are not allowed.
I suspect this is the same rationale as the scout in this round.
Has nothing to do with tactical.
The video I posted earlier explains why, It is to meet legal requirements for a special season in the USA
I am happy to see that there are more short barrel, lightweight bolt actions coming to market. I can only hope some of the more refined brands like Sako, Sauer, Steyr take notice that there is a demand for rifles with 16" or shorter barrels from factory
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Interesting idea, but does Ruger actually say anything about this, or is this just some dude in a gun shops opinion on all of it? The idea of trying to get a factory rifle outta Ruger makes sense, gun shops do their own custom runs and such, but the idea that Ruger made it a production rifle just because of that season seems a bit questionable to me....
At any rate, I agree that its nice to see other options for lightweight short barrel bolt actions. I would absolutely love something like this in a more capable cartridge, but the 450 just doensn't tickle my fancy unless Im buying a range toy.
maybe not very far fetched, when we consider millions of USA hunters hunt with shotgun slug/blackpowder/pistol cartridge restrictions.
BC regulations have very few incentives to hunt big game with anything but rifles. There are some archery seasons and a few shotgun with shot only zones,zero muzzleloader seasons, but the majority of big game can be hunted for about 3 months with rifles. In much of the USA, it's the opposite. Much shorter seasons, many weapon restrictions.
BC regulations have very few incentives to hunt big game with anything but rifles. There are some archery seasons and a few shotgun with shot only zones,zero muzzleloader seasons, but the majority of big game can be hunted for about 3 months with rifles. In much of the USA, it's the opposite. Much shorter seasons, many weapon restrictions.
Yeah, but is a rifled slug gun really all that different from this? I can't help but think that the ballistics on this are very close to a 20ga sabot slug... If it was a clear advantage over other options, I could see the point, but the 450 bushmaster isn't exactly exhibiting the characteristics that make it undesirable to be using a rifle in a given area.
I do wish we had muzzleloader seasons in BC. That would give me an excuse to buy a 50cal! lol
barrel on my 375 Ruger will be around 19.5" after getting threads removed.
Was out shooting my m77 Gunsite Scout 308 today, what an accurate rifle. Always surprising how well it groups, and with a variety of loads from 125gr right up to 208gr
Possibly they are similar, but the package makes a difference. I would rather hunt with a Ruger 450 BM Scout than a sabot slug gun. Especially as I can easily reload for the rifle ammo with gear I have on hand and a set of dies.
I also think that the development of shotguns with rifled barrels, sabot slugs etc are a compromise that was created due to hunting regulations, and a rifle is...well- a rifle. i don't have lots of experience with sabot/rifled barrel shotguns but I have shot them, and frankly I would prefer a rifle like this.
RUger has always been innovative, often giving people options they didn't know they wanted until presented, so I can see this working.Doubt I would buy one, but you never know.
