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I just picked one up myself. Kind of an impulse buy, but I am favorably impressed with it's handling characteristics and I am looking forward to hitting the range with it.
Don
Don
A raw stock M38 or M91/59 would be just fine in this role if you're looking for a 7.62x57R short rifle.tulsamel,
I'd take a mosin and chop it to 18" for that purpose before I sunk $800 into the gunsight. Actually dont own a mosin, but that might be what I do to my first one, particularly if I get a bad example.
Well, maybe I'll leave it at 22", in case I want to shoot some heavy bullets.
Wow, we have too much in common. The LH thing, the medical problem and the general situation about a new/novel .308. My family is not of the gun-giving ilk (bless them all nonetheless) but I debated the LH Scout versus the LH Tikka Sporter 20 or 24". Loved them both, needed neither and finally went with the Sporter. But it was a close one. It's on order and is due to arrive in August. I'll likely have the barrel cut down a bit at some point, but decided it's easier to remove barrel length than to add.My wife and daughter gave me a LEFT-HANDED Scout just this last Christmas, the latest in a long succession of wonderful firearms that stretches back more than forty years.
Sneaky as always, they first gave me a package containing a nice black Ruger-logo T-shirt. I admired it and put it down. My daughter then said, "Check the back, Dad!" Yeah.....custom embroidered, it says" I finally got my Gunsite Scout!" They then dragged the long package out of a nearby closet...
Severe medical troubles since Christmas have prevented much shooting, but I sure like the rifle. I mounted a new Redfield/Leupold 3-9X in the receiver position. (The Picatinny rail was removed about thirty seconds after opening the package!) I'm another ol' f--t who fails to see the utility of the forward-mounted scope sight, but this rifle does give us options.
The Scout is probably not "the best" for any role, but I will say that it can fill almost ANY need a man may have for a centerfire rifle in North America. If my health ever gets back to "normal", this rifle will ride with me a whole lot. It will handily take deer, moose, bears, coyotes.....you name it!
The quality is fine. Trigger is excellent right out of the box, and well-executed checkering gives a good grip. I vastly prefer laminated wood to synthetic stocks. The action on my rifle is quite smooth and will only improve with use.
That ten-round magazine will be my "pocket/pouch back-up" and I now have a couple less-obtrusive polymer mags...they feed very nicely and give a much nicer profile to the rifle.
Is it "worth it"? Darned tootin', it is....to me, at least. Good job, Ruger.