Good to go. Thanks. I hope you're right!With my 30-30 lever action with a Leupold scout scope I feel quite comfortable shooting it out to 400 yards (range work on steel, not hunting). I think you will like a scout scope.
Good to go. Thanks. I hope you're right!With my 30-30 lever action with a Leupold scout scope I feel quite comfortable shooting it out to 400 yards (range work on steel, not hunting). I think you will like a scout scope.
Chuck Hawks
I first tried a scope mounted forward of the receiver back in the middle 1960's, when the first IER (intermediate eye relief) Leupold M8 2x scope was introduced. That was long before the late Jeff Cooper coined the term "scout rifle" for such a rig, of course. I still use a pre-'64 Winchester Model 94 carbine with a forward mounted scope. (Another Leupold, but now a FX-II 2.5x28mm IER model.)
That first "scout scope" used a Leupold mount on a Winchester Centennial '66 rifle. I went with the forward mounted scope because it made more sense to me than the other alternative, which was an offset side mount. An offset side mount introduces lateral parallax as well as making a proper cheek to stock weld impossible. The scope had to be either offset to the side or forward of the receiver because the traditional Winchester Model 94 ejected upwards from the top of the action. Later, the advent of "angle eject" made such jury rigs unnecessary.
The forward mounted scope would have died except that Jeff Cooper wrote an article about, if I remember correctly, a Remington Model 600 bolt action carbine with a forward mounted scope. He called it a "scout rifle," and the name stuck. Frankly, I have never understood why such a set-up appealed to Mr. Cooper, or what he was scouting for.
Read the rest of the article, here ---> http://www.chuckhawks.com/scout_scopes.htm
Jeff Cooper
For those who have not tried it, an explanation of the advantages of the forward telescope is in order. First, and most important, the forward glass does not obscure the landscape. With both eyes open the shooter sees the entire countryside as well as the crosswire printed on his target. For this reason it is important that the magnification of the telescope be no greater than 3X (some hold that 2X is maximum) in order to avoid excessive disparity between the vision of the two eyes. This forward mount, properly used and understood, is the fastest sighting arrangement available to the rifleman...There are those who think that a glass of low power is necessarily less precise for long-range precision work, but we have not found this to be the case in any sort of realistic test.
Read the rest of the article, here ---> http://chingsling.com/
Yep I pulled the trigger... damnt I'm impulsive.
Thanks. Really appreciate it.That would have been my choice. Everything you need there, even a ghost ring site. Not many people can shoot with those but they are a kick out to 100 meters. Guy needs to be able to hit with irons out to 100 meters. Optics are great but you can't get the true feeling of the physics of good marksmanship.
Congratulations.
I picked up my ruger for 800. I think that is alot better than what tikka was offering. Plus iron sights.Fella's;
Wow! I was amazed to see the Tikka CTR stainless .308 was less costly than the Ruger. I've got several Tikka rifles and probably would have gone that way if it had been my decision. Nonetheless, I'm sure the Ruger will do the job and you'll be happy with it.
Now start saving for that .22 long gun.
900F
thanks. haha vicariously! I am really stoked and ecstatic about holding this rifle in my hands. I cant wait to post another thread with picture and reviews of my first range visit with this rifle.I'm living vicariously through this thread. I want a scout bad. Really like the GSR, and think you made the right choice. That's the model I would've gone for. Thank you for your service.
any advice on cleaning kits?
Thanks. I'll just stick to what I know for now. Picked up an Otis kit for this rifle with some eyelit swabs and bf CLP.Not really. I've been using the same old screw together rod system with slotted tips, jags, and brass brushes like you can find anywhere. It's not a compact field use cleaning kit, but works fine for when you are home.