Willie Sutton
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"What I'm envisioning is a good solid hunting rifle that is also capable of being a decent combat rifle"
You describe a Scout Rifle.
Note that I mean a REAL Scout Rifle, not one with feature after feature after feature added untuil it becomes "Not a scout rifle but something marketed as a scout rifle by Ruger, etc".
The Ruger "Scout Rifle" isn't a scout by any stretch of the imagination.
A Savage is closer to the rifle envisioned by those of us who developed the concept.
A Steyr is pretty darned perfect... albeit... *sigh* "not aesthetically pleasing". As a tool it is superb.
Now, my choice:
A Remington Model 7 in .308 is pretty close to ideal. Add a good ghost ring rear sight and a front sight using a band-type front sight mount from NECG. Add optics of your choice, toss in a third sling swivel forward of the magazine floorplate (use Pachmeyer flush mounted ones for a Ching Sling, and you're darned close to perfection. The fastest to shoot and precise enough for your described use will be a classic scout rifle scope. If you are willing to give up a fraction of a second of speed in order to have more magnification, feel free to mount a good quality variable. 2-7x is about right. You will also lose speed in keeping the magazine topped up with a normally mounted scope. Those are tradeoffs you need to decide upon yourself.
Willie
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You describe a Scout Rifle.
Note that I mean a REAL Scout Rifle, not one with feature after feature after feature added untuil it becomes "Not a scout rifle but something marketed as a scout rifle by Ruger, etc".
The Ruger "Scout Rifle" isn't a scout by any stretch of the imagination.
A Savage is closer to the rifle envisioned by those of us who developed the concept.
A Steyr is pretty darned perfect... albeit... *sigh* "not aesthetically pleasing". As a tool it is superb.
Now, my choice:
A Remington Model 7 in .308 is pretty close to ideal. Add a good ghost ring rear sight and a front sight using a band-type front sight mount from NECG. Add optics of your choice, toss in a third sling swivel forward of the magazine floorplate (use Pachmeyer flush mounted ones for a Ching Sling, and you're darned close to perfection. The fastest to shoot and precise enough for your described use will be a classic scout rifle scope. If you are willing to give up a fraction of a second of speed in order to have more magnification, feel free to mount a good quality variable. 2-7x is about right. You will also lose speed in keeping the magazine topped up with a normally mounted scope. Those are tradeoffs you need to decide upon yourself.
Willie
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