Leopold's 2x7x30 Hunterplex Scope makes it so...
Just my opinion based on a little experience...

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I have a pair of 1x4 Meoptas that showed me that, like a red dot on 1 and a regular scope on 4. (forget about the 1x6 and 1x8's other companies have)

Love that glass, but there's one thing I can't do with them that I can with the scout, and that's wrap my hand around the action to carry it.

With an opening statement like that, you'll be soon writing articles about how the .45 is a waste of time and the AR is more reliable than an AK!!

What barrel length did you go with?

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18 on the S&W and 8.5" on the 300AAC.

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given this group is pretty disposed to liking old school things, I imagine no one will make fun of me that I still like and will use a scout rifle, if for no other reason than nostalgia and participating in an old way to get the job done. Much like I still carry and use a .44 Special or .38/44 and think of the time when Keith did the same and it was cutting edge. Or that Skeeter liked it, just because. :)

Or a Winchester 94 in .30-30, etc., ad nauseum.

IS IT YOUR BIRTHDAY

Nothing against the "proper" Scout rifle concept, but my ideal version of the Scout rifle is a 30-40 Krag carbine, with a striker peep sight and an ivory front bead.

figured out the .41 is a dead issue I love my Scout rifles but, the old concept is due for an update.

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guy even thinking???

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I am waiting on ATF approval on several suppressors and a couple SBRs. When that comes, I will be building a suppressed 10" .300 Blackout. It will likely carry an Aimpoint PRO on it. For shorter range work, that will likely edge out my scout rifles in utility. But, it won't replace them. I'm a "both/and" kind of guy.

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Did I hear someone say the 41 is a dead issue? Heaven forbid and may your teasing tongue fall off!

My .300 SBR is an 8.5" and has no trouble hitting half scale silhouette steel at 350 yards with 125 gr super sonic loads. I just swapped scopes and put a 1-3x Weaver on it. My AK SBR is a 10 or 10.5" and I can hit the same steel with a red dot most of the time.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h24/Slow_Hand23/Gun%20Pics/C85911AD-B944-4C0A-BFFC-3B...

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My .308's are a 22" And 16" FAL and now two 20" bolt guns. My max range I can shoot regularly is 350 yards so a 24" or whatever longer barrel seems wasted...

One of the bolt guns, a recently picked up Savage Hog Hunter is outfitted with a 2-7 Vortex scope and even with my bad eyes had little trouble ringing steel at 350! I'm wavering back and forth between leaving it light or putting a Boyd's Tacticool stock on it and fitting it with a detachable mag.

I went with the 8.5" on my .300 SBR also. I do have a 16" that I was wanting to play with wringing out accuracy but haven't really played with very much yet!

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nt

They make a nice light hunting rifle. For the serious social purposes that Colonel Cooper envisioned them for, they are really only useful for a narrow set of circumstances. There are a number of self-loading 7.62 rifles that can be made to shoot very well with decent optics and a good trigger. For most conditions involving encounters with armed humans, one of those would be a much better choice.

http://www.steyrscout.org/kosovo.htm

Cheers,

Byron

Jostly a friend in the ribs

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I suspect that after a couple of fights those fellows with the Steyrs would have given their left gonads for something like a SCAR-H or G28 (neither of which existed at that time). It's hard to lay down suppressive fire during the "break contact" battle drill with a bolt action.

or an AK.

Boy Scout?
Girl Scout?
Confused Scout?

experience in Africa. They mostly used Enfields and Brens. He talked about a competition where they were given a certain amount of ammo to knock down targets, under time, with movement. He said they quickly learned to keep the Bren on semi. They enjoyed shooting against the fancier outfits with FALs because it was a lot of sound and fury, dust and targets left standing. Always did very well, since they were all 'farm boys' and grew up hunting in Africa.

Then...

One day they competed against a well-trained (British?) unit that knew how to use a semi-auto rifle AND sights... those guys stole their lunch.

Obvious lesson there.

Probably ended up carrying AKs for backup.

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with modern opticas and lighter semi and full autos it's moot.

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both changing their agendas to It Scouts...

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Formerly of Evansvill, In, but Tim is now out on AZ,I believe. It's a great can, but all stainless so a bitheVy. He makes the same can in titanium. I wish I would have saved up the extra money and body titanium one as it would've been a lot lighter. This one is good for up to 300 magnum and full auto. Most of the time my 300 blackout get shot with my F1 can which is a lot shorter and lighter but considerably louder.

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nm

Always interested in numbers.

nt

a mix of long guns and suppressed 10" ARs

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That bolt-action become a liability. Thus the Army equipping a lot of snipers with the M110, and when those became problem children, now buying G28s.

The 41 MAGNUM Lives on for EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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