Scout Rifle = Silly Nostalgia?

[keederdag]

444; he really is an Ok guy though, a lot more down to earth than I expected. Still, a little Cooper goes a long way, cause if you dont belong to the clan of the .45 1911, and worship it fully without ever flirting with other auto's and cal's, your a putz in his book. And if you have any use for a .223 your just plain unredeamable to him. So...He's cool to meet, but I'm glad I'm in Phoenix and he's in Prescott.

 

[Keith]

#4 Again, since you want to argue: Explain to me How a foreward mounted scope (not a sight) "is Faster". If you have info I dont, enlighten me

Because you don't have to "find" the object within the field of view limitations inherent in the traditional sporting scope. With an LER, you just point the rifle at the object and it is in the scope - the rifle becomes part of the sighting device, like a well fitted shotgun.

I don't want to argue with you. I'm just pointing out that the LER concept makes sense in a "general purpose" sort of way. If you want a pure hunting rifle, buy a Model 70 with a traditional sporting scope and be done with it.
If you want something with a bit more flexibility, then look at the concept used by scout/snipers since the 1940's.

It's something you have to try to appreciate.

Keith

 

[keederdag]

I guess I'll have to agree to disagree on the utility of the forward mounted scope. But I may experiment a bit more in the future. I have really never had a problem in competition or hunting with my setups, so it's hard to find the need to fix what's not broken. I think, the K98 sniper mounts you spoke of were used in place of the rear sight. I dont know for sure, but I'll wager that this may have been more for expediance than neccesity. The mount used left the rifle un-altered, and there was no need to modify. This is like many milsurp mounts currently on the market.

Just a thought. Reguards Keeder

 

[Art Eatman]

keederdag, I tried quick-mounting Johnny Guest's Savage Scout. I can see where it would work "as advertised", but I'm just so used to the conventional mounting that I was sorta uncomfortable with the Scout. It would take re-training for me to become really good with it. It's the old deal that I'm happy with what I've got, since it works for me.

I guess the only really fair comparison would be to use your own conventional rig in competition with somebody who's used to the Scout setup, in one of these "shoot and scoot" matches. I guess.

Overall, I ain't gonna worry about that aspect of the Scout.

Art

 

[Andrew Wyatt]

I guess the only really fair comparison would be to use your own conventional rig in competition with somebody who's used to the Scout setup, in one of these "shoot and scoot" matches. I guess.

In the local tactical rifle program, (which is 100% field rifle events, with actual rifle range targets, on unimproved ranges) there are a couple guys who shoot scouts. They all do really well.