In the early 1980s jeff cooper gun rider former marine and founder of gunsight academy began pondering the perfect all-purpose rifle and eventually codified his now famous scout rifle concept now 42 years later the scout rifle concept remains somewhat of an oddity to many but there are now several commercial options to choose from.

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The original scout rifle the steyer scout rifle has all the features cooper wanted it's a lightweight rifle with backup ghost ring iron sights mounted on the receiver and not the barrel a magazine cut off device to be able to fire one shot only or with a five round detachable magazine the polymer stock has a backup five.

Round magazine in the butt stock the forend of the stock sports an integral bipod that folds up completely into the stock an accessory rail and five sling attachment points another cooper notion this dyer scout has a three position safety with a fire option and two levels of safety.

One locks the bolt and one does not of course the rifle is available in different colors and calibers as cooper recognized that in some countries civilians are not allowed to own firearms that can function using military calibers extended capacity magazines up to 20 rounds are also available.

Ruger gunsight scout rifle ruger developed their own scout concept and dubbed it appropriately the gunsight scout rifle gunsight is of course the training facility established by jeff cooper these scout rifles feature a mounted picatinny rail for optics ghost ring backup iron sights a detachable 10 round.

Box magazine and a traditional scope mounting option they are available in several different calibers the rifle was developed in conjunction with the gunsight academy and features their name engraved on the receiver interestingly this rifle features a gray laminated.

Wood stock that is weather resistant and includes rubber spacers that can be used to adjust the length of pull at the butt pad a synthetic stock model is also available and in both stock types the barrel remains free floated the barrel available in two different lengths and in either stainless steel or.

Blued is cold hammer forged for improved accuracy and longer life the barrel is topped off with a choice of different muzzle devices a flash hider being the most common savage 110 scout over the years savage has manufactured a variety of scout rifles the current offering is the 110 scout which at 8.

Pounds is well over cooper's limit however it does incorporate the excellent savage accufit stock which has an adjustable length of pull and comb height the ladder is critical with a scout rifle to get a proper cheek weld when shooting through the optical or open sights.

In addition to 308 winchester savage also offers the 110 scout and 223 remington 338 federal and 450 bushmaster it too has a threaded muzzle with a large but recoil reducing muzzle brake mossberg mvp scout mossberg wisely adapted their excellent mvp platform which when chambered in 308 winchester will feed from ar-10 or m1a.

Magazines to offer some of the features cooper specified for a scout rifle the gun is less than a meter long comes with a full length rail that's compatible with traditional or scout scopes and is outfitted with an aperture rear sight and a fiber optic front at 7 pounds it exceeds the 6.6 pound limit but those extra few ounces get you.

A threaded muzzle and two short sections of picatinny rail on either side of the forend with which to attach accessories at just over 600 the mvp scout rifle is the least expensive option on this list yet it is still reliable and will meet the 2moa precision requirement springfield m1a scout squad.

There is hardly a more battle-proven and reliable semi-auto rifle than the m1 garand and the m1a springfield armory has been churning out m1a rifles for some time and has developed a scout version as well the springfield armory m1a1 scout squad takes the standard m1a concept and turns it into a much smaller and handier rifle.

With forward mounted picatinny rail synthetic stock and a recoil reducing muzzle brake the rifle sports an 18 inch barrel two-stage trigger aperture adjustable iron sights a standard box magazine and has gas piston operated reliability in 762 nato.

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