Ruger Scout with 16.1" barrel
Checks all your boxes- Light and handy, iron sights, and detach mag for in and out of vehicles.
It don't get any BETTER then that one ! RJ
Small, light, black bear and deer carbine?
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It don't get any BETTER then that one ! RJ
they're back in production but the volume seems to be lower than enough for Canada
Yup.it's pretty ideal for the OP's intended use
I'm sure if it was a .358 someone would cry and whimper about the recoil though.
CreamySmooth
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Savage Lightweight Hunter. 5.5 lbs. very short and handy. Stick a 2-7 on it and never use anything else again.
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I was thinking along similar lines for a light weight, iron sighted carbine that could tag along on canoe trips, and what I kept coming back to was a CZ-527 Carbine in 7.62X39 fitted with a NECG ghost ring, which I have for my .223 version, but seldom use. A CZ-527 Carbine checks many of the same boxes that the Ruger Gunsite Scout does, yet its lighter. While the 7.62X39 has neither the terminal performance or range of a .308, it has enough of both for the intended purpose, particularly when handloaded. Its leaps and bounds ahead of a carbine chambered for a pistol cartridge, and easily exceeds the range of a shotgun, I expect a CZ-527 in 7.62X39 could be counted on to take game out to 200 yards. The Winchester 94 in .30/30 is one of the nicest hunting rifles there is to carry, but traditional lever guns are not as easy to clean and maintain as a bolt action, and for use as a truck gun, they are slow to load and unload. One downside of the CZ is that spare magazines are expensive, but they are small and flat and ride easily in the pocket, something that cannot be said of the bulky magazines for Ruger's GSR.
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Two rifles on the EE right now that fit this
1) Ruger American Ranch in 450 Bushmaster
2) Browning BLR take down in 358 Win
Myself I pack my single shot 14" barreled T/C Contender carbines in 338JDJ #2 - 375JDJ - 45 Colt I set up my Eberlestock Mini mainframe day pack with a rifle scabbard mounted between the frame and their zip on dry bag.
You can't even tell that I'm packing a rifle the pack completely hides it but it is very quickly accessible if I need it.
I also have a Ruger American Ranch rifle in 450 Bushmaster I load it with 225gr to 355gr bullets now and have 395gr - 405gr - 535gr cast gas check that I need to load for it still.
14" barreled T/C Contender carbine in 338JDJ #2 loaded with 180gr Accubonds @ 2500fps its a 320 yard anything combo but I can also load it with 250gr bullets for up close and personal.
1) Ruger American Ranch in 450 Bushmaster
2) Browning BLR take down in 358 Win
Myself I pack my single shot 14" barreled T/C Contender carbines in 338JDJ #2 - 375JDJ - 45 Colt I set up my Eberlestock Mini mainframe day pack with a rifle scabbard mounted between the frame and their zip on dry bag.
You can't even tell that I'm packing a rifle the pack completely hides it but it is very quickly accessible if I need it.
I also have a Ruger American Ranch rifle in 450 Bushmaster I load it with 225gr to 355gr bullets now and have 395gr - 405gr - 535gr cast gas check that I need to load for it still.
14" barreled T/C Contender carbine in 338JDJ #2 loaded with 180gr Accubonds @ 2500fps its a 320 yard anything combo but I can also load it with 250gr bullets for up close and personal.
Brutus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Browning makes a 'tactical' Model 81 BLR. (Black Label)
Kind of nice detachable magazine for pointy bullets.
Optic friendly from the get go, perhaps a light also.
In 223, 308, extended pictinny rail, 16.5 inch barrel.
Kind of interesting.
Kind of nice detachable magazine for pointy bullets.
Optic friendly from the get go, perhaps a light also.
In 223, 308, extended pictinny rail, 16.5 inch barrel.
Kind of interesting.
Yeah but the sectional density on that is so poor... For potentially bad angles and quick shots on a bear I'd rather a more typical hunting round like 308.
