Single shot scout.

[Handy]

Yeah, I know the Scout Rifle clergy is chopping wood for the pyre.

If one takes a looser interpretation of the Scout concept, it strikes me that one of the most important elements is weight.

Just putting out the idea, but if you could have an accurate .308 rifle with all the fun sights and a bipod and sling, would it be so bad to hand feed it if you saved another pound or two?

I'm not certain if any good candidate actions exist. The H&R rifles are a bit heavy, but the simplicity of the design suggests a 3 pound basic rifle should be easy.


This may sound daff, but I used to shoot skeet with an H&R shotgun. The break action loads so quickly that 2 clay pidgeons was easy, even with cocking the hammer. And even if each shot is a might slower than a bolt, you never have the longer delay associated with recharging the magazine.

 

[Chris Rhines]

Hmmm.

Single-shot rifles are usually shorter for the same barrel length, too.

Hmmmm.

Would the forward scope mount throw the balance off during reloading?

Maybe a Thompson Encore with some kind of machined forward ring mount. The Encore weighs in at 6.75# with a 24" barrel. Chop five inches of the barrel (or have a lightweight fluted one made up) and move the scope mount forward, maybe have a light stock built up to balance. Hmmmmm...

- Chris

 

[El Tejon]

IIRC, one of the Scout prototypes was a Ruger single shot.

 

[goon]

One time, I was hunting with my dad's old single barrel 12.
I managed to get off 4 shots so fast that I was later told that it sounded like I was shooting a pump action.
A single shot has potential.
The only thing is that I have seen the H&R guns that shoot rimless rounds have issues with ejection. If you could get one to eject every time, it would probably be just fine.