Tell me about the Springfield M6 Scout

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I was bouncing around the Internet when I came across a page about dressing up a Springfield M6 Scout:
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I've never heard of one before. The page I found mentions that it is a 22/410 combo, there is a shell holder built under the rubber cheek piece, and that it has peep sights. I believe the takedown pin breaks the gun into two separate pieces.

Can anybody fill me in? Are they still in production? Where are they sold in Canada and how much do they sell for? How accurate are they? How reliable are they? What is the history of these rifles?

Thanks.
 
They are getting hard to find. Not in production anymore. I have the .410/.22 model in a parked finish. I really like it. It fits in my backpack when taken down. Not the lightest gun on the planet, but very handy. I believe they were originally designed for use as an emergency gun for downed pilots. Mine was manufactured for Springfield Armories by CZ. I believe the original military ones could shoot .45 out of the shotgun barrel. I love mine.
 
They are a commercial version of the M6 USAF survival gun. Barrels are longer to meet US legal requirements, 18"+ vs 14". Springfield made them originally in the US, shifted production to Czech Republic. Made parked and stainless. Have been made in .22lr/.22Mag./.22Hornet over .410. Peep sight for rifle barrel, flips to a wide V for shotgun. Trigger guard was added during civilian production, likely for safety/liability reasons. Not super accurate, but good enough for the purpose. Forget wingshooting with the .410, its for potting things on the ground. Don't know if there is a Cdn. distributor or not.
 
I have a stainless one in .22LR/.410 with the blue plastic case, sling, and scope mounted. I find mine to be quite accurate. I bought it from Wolverine last year. It was made in the Czech Republic by CZ, so it's a quality piece. It breaks into two pieces, and packs nicely into an average-size backpack.
 
Don't know why I sold mine!! It was S/S and had a factory scope with see thru mts.,for the 410. I dusted a few barn pigeons and 2 coons + a skunk.It was a great shooter. I sold it for 450$ at a gun show.Sorry Sorry Sorry!!! JITC Baldtop If you ever decide to sell yours give me first DIBS please!!!!
 
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I have one in .22 / .410 and I like it, but I'd rather have a Savage 24D in .22 mag/20 gauge. I would sell/trade mine if I could find a Savage. The M6 Scout is very handy to put in a backpack and can be shot with mitts on in winter. Steel stock / parkerized finish doesn't require any maintenace or special care except the odd wipe down with an oily rag. Shoots surprisingly accurate with the .22 barrel. Great on a trapline. But, I really need a gun for beaver control work, and the .22mag - 20 ga would be better for me.
 
My bad. I was searching only dealers. 30 dealers in Canada have the Springfield M6 instock - now that's promising!

Yes, it is ugly - thanks for your input Primus1.
 
Mine is in 22 Hornet. I pried off the trigger guard so it folds flat against itself for stowage. I shoot 50 Sierras at 2200 Ft Sec for authorative yet not too destructive kills on medium game like Arctic Hare. The bullet will also penetrate well at this speed for shots into the brain pan of a bruin or through the chest of a caribou if really hungry. The 410 isn't a bad grouse or ptarmigan killer with a load of 6's to 20 yards or so. The 3" shells have more shot but also create bigger holes in the pattern. 2.5" work better.
The 1/5 oz slugs shoot much less well than the 1/4 oz Federals which group 3" at 20 yards. Ballistics aren't great with the slug but a 110 grain bullet at 1600ft/sec won't bounce off stuff either.

The CZ shoots good groups even though it is a bit wobbly on closure. I barrell wrapped mine as well and it does give a better grip and give a good source of cordage in a pinch.

Great canoe gun in stainless.
 
I had a Springfield M6 Scout a few years ago, .22 / .410 combo. It's a pretty good survival rifle, very compact and neat, and it takes a bunch of rounds in the stock. The downside is, it's single shot, a pain in the ass to reload, and the .410 I don't think has a choke so it's fairly useless as a tool for hunting, IMHO. It does look and feel cool.

As a compact survival gun though, I'd rather have a Rem 870 or a coach gun in 12 Gauge. More versatile and powerful.

cheers,
John
 
CanFire said:
My bad. I was searching only dealers. 30 dealers in Canada have the Springfield M6 instock - now that's promising!...
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Who is selling it? what the generation? New or used? What finish? How much?:)

Please?
 
The .410 barrel was the big dissapointment for me. It does have a choke, but on mine the .410 shot a foot away from the group of the .22 at about 15 yards. Enough that you'd probably only wound a grouse instead of a clean kill. You'd have to aim with the top right corner of the flip up .410 sight. AND the .410 was useless with slugs, couldn't keep a group in 10" at the same distance. I tried both 2-1/2" and 3" slugs but not the Federals! The .22 was a surprisingly good shooter, and the unusual grip-trigger can be used with mitts on. Accuracy was OK for bush distances. Very compact & handy, but it was no better than a .22 single shot for me, so I sold mine. If you find one that is regulated to shoot to the same point of impact, it would be a very interesting survival/trapline/utility gun, but the bad alignment and poor slug performance soured me on the one I owned.
 
Ive had my scout for 3 years and have bagged mostly grouse and squirrels with it (a few grouse on the fly) . The sights are pretty good after you file the front sight down the proper amount to get it printing at 25yds. Mine shot 6" low at 15yds out of the box but thats what files are for, just be careful not to take off too much.
After doing this the shotgun pattern overlaps the .22 group quite well when the sight is flipped up, as for slugs the Federal and Remington 2.5" shoot into 2" at 25yds about 8" high with both the same POI

I also removed the trigger guard in order to allow the gun to fold up completely
and replaced the takedown pin (read that lost it) with the wing nut type that V-Schrake suggested. The trigger is really wierd, the trick is to hook it with your trigger finger arount the rear end and pull it like a regular trigger thats really long hard and mushy. The stock is also way to short and difficult to use.
I definitly wouldnt recommend this gun to a beginner, but once you practice youll be impressed with its .22 acuraccy, for me about 1.5" at 25yds.
This gun is amazingly handy and fits just about all my backpacks, I do a lot off Mountain Biking and the M6 Scout rides really well in my slingpack. Its often a real tossup between the Papoose or the Springfield but the M6 usually wins as it takesdown smaller.
 
I would recommend getting a stainless version if possible. I bought a used parked version and and had rust form on the bottom of the stock behind the trigger to the butt very quickly when it was stored in the hard plastic carrying case. To be fair my place was getting very humid at the time and the M6 served as the canary to get a de-humidifier before anything else got damaged. The reciever and barrels were covered with CLP and were fine, but you have to put it on the butt section as well!

BTW, I have seen mention of this problem on at least one other M6 discussion on the net. Since these guns will not be getting any cheaper, the extra TLC required will be worth the effort. Now I feel as though I need to strip and refinish the entire butt section, which should be a real pain in the buttocks.

Otherwise, the .22 barrel shoots reasonably well and it's good for it's intended purpose.
 
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