Dave DeLaurant
Member
I would be interested in seeing photos of homebuilt experimental Cooperesque 'scout rifles' that members have assembled, particularly ones put together before the Savage, Ruger and Mossberg commercial offerings became available.
Personally, I would prefer to avoid the pro/con argument about Cooper's basic concept here -- that's been done to death.
Here's my own somewhat overweight project gun from the 1990s, based on a mismatched Brno Mauser 98. Fajen synthetic stock, TC Contender scope base, tritium shotgun bead front sight (mounted within the scope rail):
Personally, I would prefer to avoid the pro/con argument about Cooper's basic concept here -- that's been done to death.
Here's my own somewhat overweight project gun from the 1990s, based on a mismatched Brno Mauser 98. Fajen synthetic stock, TC Contender scope base, tritium shotgun bead front sight (mounted within the scope rail):