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well hello folks this is Yamil Sued for Gun Stock Reviews I'm hear at Gunsite Academy in
Paulden Arizona with my friend Ed Head instructor extraordinaire
how you doing Ed very well sir how are you thank you very much and today Ed is
gonna talk about scout rifles this is why I have a Ruger scout rifle here Ed
what is a scout rifle and what makes a scout rifle a scout rifle.
The Scout rifle concept was developed by Gunsites founder Jeff Cooper some years
ago and what he wanted was a short handy user-friendly general-purpose rifle that
could be used defensively or for hunting purposes for most of the game you might
find in North America so he conceptualized that it ought to have
things like adjustable stock spacers so you could fit it to a person they did
not to have a rail forward mounted so that you could put a low power optic out
there and shoot with both eyes open that it would have backup iron sights in case
the optic failed a number of features like that and that all went into the
scout rifle concept. okay great and a lot of people say that some of the Scout Rifles..
there was just a weight that Jeff selected for the rifle not too heavy but also not to
lite well again he wanted it to be handy so there's a little bit of controversy
over this because Jeff's standard changed over time okay but initially he
said three kilos which would be 6.6 pounds
okay then later he said maybe seven and a half pounds with the scope and and
ready to go but the point being you don't want a 9, 10... 12 pound rifle. okay
you want something you can easily carry and that the reason it's called a scout
rifle is he conceptualized this idea of a military Scout working by himself...
and not needing to have huge amounts of firepower but being able to make one
shot and then scoot. okay. and be able to move and shoot and maneuver so is easily
maneuverable lightweight you know to be carrying and then the concept of the
magazine fed rifle to was helpful no? it was.. the original Scout prototypes were
made out of sporting rifles and so they were usually top fed with a blind
magazine but as we started being able to put box magazines on these
rifles that became one of the key features okay awesome awesome and of
course it's a Scout rifle comp rifle concept bolt-action only or can be a
semi-automatic Jeff theorized that most of the semi automatics in in large
calibers end up being too heavy and too bulky okay and so he kind of thought a
bolt-action was the way to go and there are a couple of reasons for that one
again firepower is not what you're after you're after making one or two decisive
hits with a powerful caliber and you can easily do that with a bolt-action and
bold actions are generally more robust and less likely to break down break down
jam or anything like that yeah awesome thanks Ed thanks for being here with us
sure so in summary the scout rifle is supposed to be a bolt-action rifle under
seven and a half pounds forward scope the new ones with boxed read magazines
lightweight enough to be able to get in and out situations very rapidly and
deliver that decisive shot also like this Ruger rifle has the backup sights
like I said it's forward scope mount and a really good sling for it so thanks forwatching
thank you for watching gun stock reviews
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