Ruger Gunsite Scout 308, any top loading mags?

[.45&TKD]

I just bought the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle in 308 with the composite stock from Sportsman’s Warehouse and just love it. Been to the range and it’s more accurate than I am with the iron sights.

I like the 2 ten round mags that came with the rifle and I plan to get more.

I’m thinking of having one 5 round mag as well, but I would want the 5 rounder to have the ability to top load while in the receiver of the rifle. The Ruger 10 rounders don’t allow for top loading.

Does anyone know of a 5 round mag that will top load in 308 in GSR?

 

[Sistema1927]

You can, using the poly mags, but read this:
https://www.scoutrifle.org/index.php?topic=1419.0

 

[sparkyv]

Poly mags stop holding rounds after 2000 rounds! 2000 rounds? My poly mags will last me a LONG time at the rate I shoot my RGSR, top loading them or not!

You can, using the poly mags, but read this:
https://www.scoutrifle.org/index.php?topic=1419.0

 

[Varminterror]

Might consider removing any feed rails in the action to allow AW mags be used. They’re happily top loaded, and a 10rnd AIAW mag is only about as long as a 5 round AICS mag.

 

[jmr40]

I think you're over thinking this and making it more complicated than it needs to be.

 

[Varminterror]

I think you're over thinking this and making it more complicated than it needs to be.

In fairness, it’s a scout rifle shooter (implied Cooper fan) who is insisting on top loading a DBM… we’re way past the point of any sensibilities here.

 

[robin banks]

does anyone make a metal mag for the Ruger. I may be wrong but I thought part of the reason for the forward mounted scope was to be able to use stripper clips or top load

 

[Varminterror]

does anyone make a metal mag for the Ruger.

Gunsite Scout Rifles take AICS footprint magazines, so tons of makers offer metal mags which work. AICS, American Rifle Company, Accurate Mag, and MDT all make metal mags.

But other than AIAW mags, I’m not aware of any of these which could be top-loaded - they are all stagger stack, center feed mags (again, except AIAW’s).

I may be wrong but I thought part of the reason for the forward mounted scope was to be able to use stripper clips or top load

That was certainly part of the gimmick, but stripper clips were commonly purposed for fixed mag rifles, and don’t make much sense for a DBM rifle like the GSR.

With the polymer mags, guys are simply overcoming the stiffness of the mag lips, but even those poly mags really aren’t made to be top loaded, hence the durability issue espoused above.

 

[robin banks]

Gunsite Scout Rifles take AICS footprint magazines, so tons of makers offer metal mags which work. AICS, American Rifle Company, Accurate Mag, and MDT all make metal mags.
you are right but remember the M-14 and the Mas 49 had stripper clip guides with DBM's
But other than AIAW mags, I’m not aware of any of these which could be top-loaded - they are all stagger stack, center feed mags (again, except AIAW’s).



That was certainly part of the gimmick, but stripper clips were commonly purposed for fixed mag rifles, and don’t make much sense for a DBM rifle like the GSR.

With the polymer mags, guys are simply overcoming the stiffness of the mag lips, but even those poly mags really aren’t made to be top loaded, hence the durability issue espoused above.

 

[dh1633pm]

Let me check. BRB.

 

[dh1633pm]

No. You load front to back. Can’t push past the feed lips. You can top off easy enough by just removing the mag. I like the five round mags. Very handy versus the ten. I have both a Ruger branded metal mag and a polymer.

 

[Varminterror]

remember the M-14 and the Mas 49 had stripper clip guides with DBM's

Lots of dumb ideas have occurred on Earth. Learning from them and avoiding repeats of the same mistakes is the key.

 

[robin banks]

Lots of dumb ideas have occurred on Earth. Learning from them and avoiding repeats of the same mistakes is the key.

Imagine walking into an ambush and have to under fire put 4 5round stripper clips into the M-14. WWI thinking

 

[Varminterror]

Imagine walking into an ambush and have to under fire put 4 5round stripper clips into the M-14. WWI thinking

Agreed - when I step back and really think about the application of stripper clips or top loading a GSR, looking at the forest instead of the trees here, there’s a misalignment of paradigm. We’re talking about a method of speed loading a low capacity bolt action repeater with relatively high recoil… it’s simply the wrong tool for the task…

I used to be a Cooper fan, and I have desperately wanted the Scout and Thumper concepts to have a place in my world, but I’ve not been able to find a place where the so-called advantages of stripper loading behind a forward mounted optic were real. I like the GSR as a handy rifle which serves well for a lot of tasks, and I do think a rifleman which carries one often afield to shoot often in varying situations will develop a solid foundation of marksmanship skills for both speed and accuracy which translate well among other rifles. But the idea of anyone running around the woods and living on the back of their rifle - both hunting and fighting - using a bolt action 308 with a forward mounted optic and stripper loading DBM’s is nothing more than beautifully enjoyable fiction.

 

[robin banks]

Agreed - when I step back and really think about the application of stripper clips or top loading a GSR, looking at the forest instead of the trees here, there’s a misalignment of paradigm. We’re talking about a method of speed loading a low capacity bolt action repeater with relatively high recoil… it’s simply the wrong tool for the task…

I used to be a Cooper fan, and I have desperately wanted the Scout and Thumper concepts to have a place in my world, but I’ve not been able to find a place where the so-called advantages of stripper loading behind a forward mounted optic were real. I like the GSR as a handy rifle which serves well for a lot of tasks, and I do think a rifleman which carries one often afield to shoot often in varying situations will develop a solid foundation of marksmanship skills for both speed and accuracy which translate well among other rifles. But the idea of anyone running around the woods and living on the back of their rifle - both hunting and fighting - using a bolt action 308 with a forward mounted optic and stripper loading DBM’s is nothing more than beautifully enjoyable fiction.

Agreed - when I step back and really think about the application of stripper clips or top loading a GSR, looking at the forest instead of the trees here, there’s a misalignment of paradigm. We’re talking about a method of speed loading a low capacity bolt action repeater with relatively high recoil… it’s simply the wrong tool for the task…

I used to be a Cooper fan, and I have desperately wanted the Scout and Thumper concepts to have a place in my world, but I’ve not been able to find a place where the so-called advantages of stripper loading behind a forward mounted optic were real. I like the GSR as a handy rifle which serves well for a lot of tasks, and I do think a rifleman which carries one often afield to shoot often in varying situations will develop a solid foundation of marksmanship skills for both speed and accuracy which translate well among other rifles. But the idea of anyone running around the woods and living on the back of their rifle - both hunting and fighting - using a bolt action 308 with a forward mounted optic and stripper loading DBM’s is nothing more than beautifully enjoyable fiction.

you are 100% correct. I like Cooper in the beginning but I saw he was a big mouth braggart who you might not want to be around. The Ruger Scout Rifle is a great rifle for hunting carrying and shooting

 

[citizenconn]

you are 100% correct. I like Cooper in the beginning but I saw he was a big mouth braggart who you might not want to be around.

Have you been talking to my ex-wife? Ohhh, Cooper. Sorry, nothing to see here. Move along.