The journey started two years ago is physically complete.
Now, I just have to get to the range and sight it in.
Oh joy!
It's an Ishapore Enfield that somebody chopped into a faux-jungle carbine.
I bought it in that condition two years ago, ($150, including shipping on GunsAmerica) with the express goal in mind to make it into a pseudo-scout.
This year, I finally had the cash on hand.
To that $150 I added $75 worth of XS Scout mount and epoxy kit, a $200 Leupold Scout scope and rings I got from THR member Sparky, and a $65 Ramline Synthetic stock from HoosierGunWorks.com
I could have gone with a cheaper scope, but one lesson I learned long ago is that scrimping on optics is never a real savings anyway. If you're gonna put glass on it, put quality glass on it.
Getting the rear and front sights knocked off and the extractor spring replaced was $30 more.
One thing about the sights. The front sight-flash hider combo looked like a genuine #5 part, but when the smith put a torch to it to soften the solder, the whole freakin' thing melted away like butter. It was a cheap, aftermarket aluminum piece.
Grand total was $520, or less than half what a Cooper Scout retails for. And Savage Scouts, which aren't made any more, go for about $400 for the rifle alone--that's before scope and rings.
And considering I now have a Pseudo-Scout (doesn't have backup ghost ring sights, so not a "real" scout according to Jeff Cooper) that's in .308 that has a 12 round box magazine on it.
Yee-haw, indeed.
Now, I just have to get to the range and sight it in.
Oh joy!
It's an Ishapore Enfield that somebody chopped into a faux-jungle carbine.
I bought it in that condition two years ago, ($150, including shipping on GunsAmerica) with the express goal in mind to make it into a pseudo-scout.
This year, I finally had the cash on hand.
To that $150 I added $75 worth of XS Scout mount and epoxy kit, a $200 Leupold Scout scope and rings I got from THR member Sparky, and a $65 Ramline Synthetic stock from HoosierGunWorks.com
I could have gone with a cheaper scope, but one lesson I learned long ago is that scrimping on optics is never a real savings anyway. If you're gonna put glass on it, put quality glass on it.
Getting the rear and front sights knocked off and the extractor spring replaced was $30 more.
One thing about the sights. The front sight-flash hider combo looked like a genuine #5 part, but when the smith put a torch to it to soften the solder, the whole freakin' thing melted away like butter. It was a cheap, aftermarket aluminum piece.
Grand total was $520, or less than half what a Cooper Scout retails for. And Savage Scouts, which aren't made any more, go for about $400 for the rifle alone--that's before scope and rings.
And considering I now have a Pseudo-Scout (doesn't have backup ghost ring sights, so not a "real" scout according to Jeff Cooper) that's in .308 that has a 12 round box magazine on it.
Yee-haw, indeed.
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