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December 29, 2010, 09:35 PM | #1 |
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Ruger's NEW rifle -- The "Gunsite Scout Rifle."
http://www.ruger.com/products/gunsit...le/models.html
What do you guys think about it? Looks to be an interesting .308 rifle. MSRP of $995.00. I wonder if its worth it Also, what does it mean to be "gunsite approved?"
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December 29, 2010, 09:39 PM | #2 |
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That would be the Gunsite shooting academy.
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December 29, 2010, 09:47 PM | #3 |
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I wonder what magazines these rifles use, something commonly available or a proprietory Ruger design. Looks like something that will sell rather well.
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December 29, 2010, 11:07 PM | #4 |
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I hope it uses M14 mags and not some uber rare and pricey Ruger proprietary magazines that they can decide to keep back or sell to the mere mortals on a whim like they did with the Mini magazines.
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December 30, 2010, 01:24 AM | #6 |
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They need to stop putting their crappy flash wannabe hider on everything.
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If you want a bolt gun buy a bolt gun. If you want a semi auto buy a semi auto. I don't see the point in trying to mix the two...
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December 30, 2010, 04:43 AM | #9 |
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On the one hand, it's good that Ruger is willing to try new things.
OTOH, they don't quite get the Scout concept. The stock is too heavy, the magazine is ridiculous and the extra length the flash hider takes up would be better used by a longer barrel. And where's the third sling attachment? |
December 30, 2010, 05:19 AM | #10 |
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Sling attachement
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Yeah, they missed out on the middle sling stud... luckily I sell them when I make Ching Slings for folks who need them! Andy
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As far as the stock and the mag, I'd be willing to bet we see a couple of quality after market stocks using more common and cheaper mags available before to long. Hey, its new, and looks like it could be a good base, as long as its reasonably accurate. Quote:
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December 30, 2010, 08:55 AM | #12 |
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Cool - that's the sort of gun i always wished they'd make. you could use it for hunting, but it would be a fun sort of SHTF gun too.
It looks like you can remove the rear sight and mount a normal set of Ruger scope rings on it if you want a traditional scope setup. |
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Would have liked a threaded barrel so I could put what I want on the end of it, or nothing to keep it short.
Really would have liked it to take the $2 HK 91 mags that are out there now! Plus, you can get the short 5rd versions for that also.
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I'm not a scout guy but it just looks like a modified Ruger Laminate Compact rifle. Looks like a little heavier barrel with rail, peep and fron shight post and flash suppressor off of the Mini, Plus the trigger guard with magazine adds another 1lb over the compact weight. I really like the compact model Ruger offers for a hunting rifle, just wish they offered it in a .338 Fed or .358 Win as that is what I'm looking for.
Probably only be around a few years like the Frontier model they had a few years ago. Scout rifles are a niche market and they don't sell the best, but Ruger managed to keep the MSRP under $1000 and only about $100 more than the laminated compact model. I'm sure you can find this rifle if you look for less than MSRP so that will help. Quote:
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December 30, 2010, 09:32 AM | #15 |
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Makes me wish I'd kept my Jungle Carbine, which was a thing of beauty, relatively speaking.
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December 30, 2010, 09:38 AM | #16 |
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Doesn't do much for me. I think you could build a simular rifle for that price and probably be much happier with the build. My state doesn'y allow more than a 5 round mag capacity either so it wouldn't work for me.
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December 30, 2010, 09:40 AM | #17 |
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That's interesting.
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Looks heavy
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I like it, love to take one for a ride and see how it handles.
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December 30, 2010, 10:14 AM | #21 |
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Barely in the scout rifle spec
Weight is given as 7 lbs, this is without scope. Flash suppressor is threaded on, so it can be removed in favor of better designed things to screw on the end.
Price seems OK given what other scout rifles seem to run.
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Ive done a couple on a couple of different platforms, and by the time you get through doing the R&D, time spent assembling it, fooling with it, and/or paying someone to do what you cant, it can add up pretty quick, and you still might not have a shooter. It looks like Ruger has done a little more research into it than Savage, and taken it further down the road. Since it is just coming out, Im sure it will probably get tweaked down the road too. |
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I know 16" is the legal length on a rifle. I was just going by what DPMS did with my AP4 that I had. Barrel was 14.5" with a 2" permanent flash suppressor on it to get it back to legal length. Most rifle manufacturers don't like to cut everthing down right at 16" they like a little room.
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December 30, 2010, 10:54 AM | #24 |
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Right. I have a couple of rifles that have welded on FH/Brakes due to barrels being short too, but thats not the case here. The Rugers "barrel" is listed as 16.5".
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December 30, 2010, 02:48 PM | #25 |
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Hmmm, looks like Ruger re-invented the FR8. It does look more like a Scout Rifle than some of the others I have seen, and Ruger builds a good rifle.
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