Which follows the modern dictum of more scope for everything we do. - dan
Scout rifle over a normal rifle?
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Northman999
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Personally I like the general concept of the scout rifle, but I find that people do stick to Jeff Cooper's finalized specs of the scout rifle much to strictly. If people stick to Jeff Coopper's more early thinking on the concept -light, handy, fast-handling, relatively powerful, capable of engaging man-sized targets at common ranges, then the scout rifle concept is a much better one in my opinion. Boomer's note about a shorty M-1A is a fine example of a rifle that fits this bill very well, and yet many would automatically disregard this rifle because it's a semi-automatic, and it's a tad over Jeff Cooper's cap on weight limits. The truth is such a rifle hits all Jeff Cooper's original target areas of a scout rifle.
And let's not forget that Jeff Cooper was just a man with one man's opinion, just like the rest of us. He did not invent the concept of a light, handy rifle, meant for all around use. He is generally credited with refining the concept and giving it a name, but I think Jeff Cooper himself was more of a pragmatist than a theorist and he would likely have agreed that sticking to inflexible definitions set out by anyone, even himself, is a bit of a silly notion, and not useful in the least.
Going back to the OP. What is the advantage of a scout rifle?
In my opinion, compared to may of today's specialized firearms, it's a practical rifle that's easy to carry, easy to bring to bear quickly, easy to fire in most any position, easy to hit common targets with at common ranges, and powerful enough to reliably deliver one-shot kills on whatever you're pointing it at.
And let's not forget that Jeff Cooper was just a man with one man's opinion, just like the rest of us. He did not invent the concept of a light, handy rifle, meant for all around use. He is generally credited with refining the concept and giving it a name, but I think Jeff Cooper himself was more of a pragmatist than a theorist and he would likely have agreed that sticking to inflexible definitions set out by anyone, even himself, is a bit of a silly notion, and not useful in the least.
Going back to the OP. What is the advantage of a scout rifle?
In my opinion, compared to may of today's specialized firearms, it's a practical rifle that's easy to carry, easy to bring to bear quickly, easy to fire in most any position, easy to hit common targets with at common ranges, and powerful enough to reliably deliver one-shot kills on whatever you're pointing it at.
True. Wouldn't make the weight, but if you stick to the theory rather then the stats, you would be good to go. - dan
straitshooter
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Who's selling Steyrs in Ontario? I'm interested in a Scout. Thanks, guys.
I dunno about having an actual "scout" rifle per se, but my Ruger mini fits some of the bill and the other half of it is satisfied quite nicely with my Vanguard Carbine in 308. I now have it outfitted with a dandy Weaver 4x. It is a great bush gun.
The mini is also great for medium range shooting (< 200 yards) for 'yotes and other varmints.
The mini is also great for medium range shooting (< 200 yards) for 'yotes and other varmints.
I was thinking the same thing but $900 plus tax, plus scope for the Ruger VS open up my gun safe and pull out a Jungle Carbine. No scope but short, mag fed and 30 caliber bullet
