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<blockquote data-quote="BikerRN" data-source="post: 582495" data-attributes="member: 33920"><p>As a handy carbine and intermediate range rifle I like my Ruger Scout.</p><p> </p><p>As for the forward mounted optics, no thanks. I played with, and shot, my Scout for a year. If I was going to use a red dot optic then I'd place it in the forward position but with a scope I'll go traditional.</p><p> </p><p>I've found that while a forward mounted scope can be fast to get sight acquisition, if the sun is behind you you may not be acquisitioning anything. For fast shots at moving targets within reasonable ranges the concept has a lot of merit though, providing the sun cooperates.</p><p> </p><p>I think the biggest boon, and detriment, to the Scout concept is the non-traditional optic configuration. Iron sights on a bolt? The Gunsite Scout is A+. Forward mounted optics? F- in my opinion. Iron sights? A. Ability to configure the rifle to your sighting needs? A+++.</p><p> </p><p>If the scout configuration works for you, go for it. Me, I'm taking the rail off, plugging the holes in the barrel, that hold the rail on, and mounting a traditional 3-9 x 40. If the scope breaks I'll take it off and screw the rear sight back on. It's a handy little carbine but too much has been made of the forward optic, which is not even necessary to be a scout rifle in my opinion, and it doesn't really do anything great but does do OK for a lot of things. In short it's a good "general purpose" rifle that excells at no one task but is passable for many.</p><p> </p><p>Biker</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BikerRN, post: 582495, member: 33920"] As a handy carbine and intermediate range rifle I like my Ruger Scout. As for the forward mounted optics, no thanks. I played with, and shot, my Scout for a year. If I was going to use a red dot optic then I'd place it in the forward position but with a scope I'll go traditional. I've found that while a forward mounted scope can be fast to get sight acquisition, if the sun is behind you you may not be acquisitioning anything. For fast shots at moving targets within reasonable ranges the concept has a lot of merit though, providing the sun cooperates. I think the biggest boon, and detriment, to the Scout concept is the non-traditional optic configuration. Iron sights on a bolt? The Gunsite Scout is A+. Forward mounted optics? F- in my opinion. Iron sights? A. Ability to configure the rifle to your sighting needs? A+++. If the scout configuration works for you, go for it. Me, I'm taking the rail off, plugging the holes in the barrel, that hold the rail on, and mounting a traditional 3-9 x 40. If the scope breaks I'll take it off and screw the rear sight back on. It's a handy little carbine but too much has been made of the forward optic, which is not even necessary to be a scout rifle in my opinion, and it doesn't really do anything great but does do OK for a lot of things. In short it's a good "general purpose" rifle that excells at no one task but is passable for many. Biker [/QUOTE]
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