Scout Rilfes
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I'm getting pic related. Should I get a regular scope or go for a scout scope, and does /k/ have any specific recommendations?
What's its primary use?
Hunting? Target shooting? SHTF? Dress up for gear queer threads?
What's its secondary use?
>>30155421
SHTF primary with hunting secondary.
>>30155434
>SHTF primary
Just quit the fantasy of a society break down and dome yourself, honestly you are why gun likers are called rednecks just stop.
Been considering getting a m1a 16 I am have been lurking for the few months but haven't seen many talk about it.
>>30155475
But I wanna shoot da gubment!
>>30155475
Dome yourself faggot.
>>30155478
They're expensive and less accurate than an equivalent AR 10
>>30155415
Scout scopes are nice for quick aiming, not so much for optimal precision. From what you answered earlier, a scout scope seems like the better option for you
>>30155478
My best bro just got a M1a scout, in walnut stock. Lovely piece of artillery.
>>30155519
>artillery
Don't be a fucking autist sperg.
It's a rifle.
Not a gun and certainly NOT artillery.
fucking hell.
>>30155519
I think they are beautiful. Sort of why I want to get one but god damn they are steep.
>>30155415
Just get a 1-6x mounted normally if you want a relatively wide field of view and don't expect to shoot anything smaller than medium game out past 300 yards.
>>30155415
Eye relief is your primary concern here. Get a regular scope with 3" eye relief and you'd better have a neck like a giraffe or you wont' see shit from it.
>>30155551
The rail goes far enough back to allow for reg scopes
>>30155572
Then get whatever reticle gets your dick hard. I like low power scopes for hunting, nothing over about 6x.
>>30155535
>>30155493
Useless posts are useless.
>>30155415
Scout rifle setups are incredibly diverse and definitely a personal choice. What parts of the "Cooper Scout Rifle" are you looking for? Optics have come a long way from the 40 year old long eye relief idea.
As far as optics, get ahold of a long eye relief scope and hold it up in hand, swinging it around slowly. Can you keep both eyes open and track things through the scope? Try the same with a modern tactical low magnification optic (something like pic related) and try the same thing. Which feels better to you?
I haven't given long eye relief scopes enough of a try yet...but I love a lower powered optic mounted on a lightweight, compact bolt with open sights as backup.
>>30155628
I think I'll have to do like you say and try before I buy. Headed to a gunshow next weekend, hopefully there'll be some optics.
>>30155665
gun show will work, as will most big box stores. most cabelas and bass pro shops ive been to have at least one long eye relief (or pistol scope) to try this with. good luck!
I'm looking at a similar setup. mossberg scout or savage hog hunter placed in the MDT LSS chassis with a low (or fixed) power optic on it. This or a tikka CTR is my next project. The problem with the CTR? there may be a new version coming in the next few months based on the canadian ranger model...with iron sights too! damn!
I looked into scout rifles recently and realized they would be about the same accuracy as an AR-10 and lacked semi-auto. I wanted super-long distance MOA precision so I went with another more conventional bolt action. Scout rifles sound really cool in concept but in the end I wasn't impressed with what I held.
If you insist on one, I think the scout scope would be a better option because the damn things are already fairly heavy for what they are and they just can't beat out conventional bolt actions at longer distances.
>>30155434
probably go with the scout scope, then. That is the "package" that you're after with this gun anyway, isn't it?
If it were primarily target/hunting, I'd say "regular"
>>30155415
Aw, yeah, Scout thread. There's something so appealing about them. I'm in talks with Scout Industries to make one of their fantastic mounts for the SVT so I can Scout pic related.
While I can't speak to a scout setup, I do know what I would do differently for my hunting rifle that I have to carry around, if I knew then what I know now.
I would have gotten a shorter barrel, something in 22" or even 20", and in a medium contour or lighter.
A 3-9x is plenty of scope for most shooters, and probably still too much and too heavy.
It's a lot harder to shoot well prone unsupported with a Ching sling than a bipod, but most bipods add more weight to the front of a rifle when you carry it.
I'll never buy nice wood again on any rifle I plan to carry around with me around rocks ever again.
>>30155800
Scout thread! It's official!
Pic related, minus the big optic and the heavy stock. Something magpul CTR or lighter, and an AR 1-6x. Yes plz.
>>30155900
oh and shorter chassis. and no bipod. and a sling.
...so nothing like that picture then. damn.
Ruger Scout owner checking in.
When I purchased my rifle it had a standard eye relief scope. I've tried several scout scopes, and settled on the Burris 2-7 power.
>Nobody makes a straight-pull bolt gun in a modern caliber that doesn't cost over 2k.
Why even live?
Get the savage or ruger. Those mossbergs suck dick.
>>30155800
is that a .303 SVT 40?
>>30157423
>Browning T-bolt
>$400ish
You should kys.
>>30157504
>.22lr
>>30157423
You could probably just mod a AR-10 and make a stock to fit what you want if you have enough time.
>>30155900
you don't know what scout rifle means.
>>30157621
>didn't specify anything other than "modern caliber"
>.22lr is the most produced caliber in the world
Knew what you meant, but since you didn't specify...
Maybe you should learn how to compose a sentence that actually conveys what you mean? That or kys.
>>30157680
Then I may as well just go with an AR-10.
I want a straight-pull fuddgun in 6.5 Creedmoor.
>>30157794
Nah m8, you should kys. You attempts at humor fail miserably.
leupold scout 1.5-4 is good. less eye relief than other scout scopes so you can mount it right in front of your irons and not lose much field of view, while still being able to easily shoot both eyes open. works for me.
>>30155415
How much do the Mossbergs go for?
>>30155434
SHTF will never happen, but everything will turn into Southern California.
Just get a sadlak m14 scope mount
Get a 4x10 scope
With guns like these you really want to use the guns potential with distance shooting
As a Canadian, you are my role model CTG
>>30160337
If everything goes socal, than I'll make shtf. Roof Korean time.
>>30160337
Nigger how is that NOT shtf af
>>30155800
CTG, as a Canadian, I will require updates on this so I can piss of people on Gunnutz with it
>>30157711
I agree that it only meets some of the scout rifle requirements, but I dont completely agree with Mr. Cooper's design philosophy. Under 7 lbs? it'll be close. Under 40ish inches? definitely. 2 MOA @ 200yds? most modern bolts should do this stock.
I don't particularly like long eye relief scopes because of two factors: modern optics are much better than the 60s/70s tech he had, and the proliferation of semiauto rifles means a longer range engagement is better for a bolt.
But no...I don't know much about the scout rifle concept. I haven't thought about it much.
>>30155535
>autist sperg
>BUT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY ARTILLERY
congratulations, you just played yourself
>>30155415
I didn't have the extended rail so I went with a regular 3-9x42mm. Very good trigger and likes pmags more than steel.
>>30155415
I like most of mossberg stuff but get the savage model 11 scout instead. Much much better bang for your buck.
>not a fuddy fibe sebbendy
It's like you guys don't want to be giggling like a school girl every shot
>>30155415
I like my Burris 2x-7x Scout
>>30157711
I think thats the rifle that is known as Scout in counter strike
>>30161737
>faggoty rainbow trajectory
>ludicrously expensive ammo
>tube loading
.45-70 lever guns are many things but they're not scout rifles.
Why do people buy scout rifle tho? Too poor to own proper hunting rifle?
Might as well as get a nugget and be done with it
>>30165892
The point of a scout rifle is one rifle that's decent at everything from hunting to target shooting to defense. The shorter barrels make them useful as brush guns.
>>30165892
Weight
Scout rifles are more fun to think of and argue about than they are to actually build and use.
>>30165892
>too poor
All of the factory made scouts are more expensive than most regular hunting bolt guns.
Planning to buy this beauty, any review?
https://steyrarms.com/ssg-08.html
>>30165667
This is bait right?
