PouncingPanzer1
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Cleveland/Amish Country
Alright, been pondering something lately guys. Especially with all the gun control talk and bans and yada yada yada. The Scout Rifle, or what it's now being called(and I like it better) The Practical Rifle. What are your thoughts on it's relevance and practicality in the modern world? IE America. Bolt action rifles with optics and detachable magazines would likely avoid any potential legislation longer then our usual go-to rifles and carbines would.
For me, a Scout Rifle would have two uses. Plinking, so chambering is important and makes choosing a chambering really easy. Secondly, it would be the untouchable bug-out gun that I always could count on, and that I would never get a letter about in the mail. Well, hopefully that's the case anyways. With the ways things today are however, I wouldn't be surprised if my Ruger American became illegal overnight.
Picking a rifle to build off of is also limited, if you follow the normal criteria for a Scout Rifle build that is, I will likely sway from it some. For example, .308 was and has been considered for a long time as the only logical choice. Well, sorry, so is 5.56, .30-06, 7.62x39, 5.45x39, and any other military cartridge that comes to mind. Lee Armory in Arizona occasionally builds Ruger American Rifle Ranches in 5.45x39. The SOBs sold so fast I barely had time to scroll down to the bottom and hit ADD TO CART. The 7.62x39 chambered Ruger Americans can take Mini30 mags, which makes them a very good candidate, except for one major problem. NO IRON SIGHTS
So I got some thinking to do, if in fact I even build one. Thoughts?
For me, a Scout Rifle would have two uses. Plinking, so chambering is important and makes choosing a chambering really easy. Secondly, it would be the untouchable bug-out gun that I always could count on, and that I would never get a letter about in the mail. Well, hopefully that's the case anyways. With the ways things today are however, I wouldn't be surprised if my Ruger American became illegal overnight.
Picking a rifle to build off of is also limited, if you follow the normal criteria for a Scout Rifle build that is, I will likely sway from it some. For example, .308 was and has been considered for a long time as the only logical choice. Well, sorry, so is 5.56, .30-06, 7.62x39, 5.45x39, and any other military cartridge that comes to mind. Lee Armory in Arizona occasionally builds Ruger American Rifle Ranches in 5.45x39. The SOBs sold so fast I barely had time to scroll down to the bottom and hit ADD TO CART. The 7.62x39 chambered Ruger Americans can take Mini30 mags, which makes them a very good candidate, except for one major problem. NO IRON SIGHTS
So I got some thinking to do, if in fact I even build one. Thoughts?