Re: Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle thoughts and opinions,,,
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tylerw02</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: aubie515</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm sure you've owned and shot so many GSRs since you seem to know so much about them. GSR isn't an AR alternative...it's a light weight scout rifle.</div></div>
And exactly what is the purpose of a "light weight scout rifle"? That's right, it fills basically the same role as an AR. What does Gunsite train people to use the GSR for?
Give me a break, man. </div></div>
Regardless of how Gunsight trains, the scout rifle was not designed as an AR substitute...
Jeff Cooper's Scout Rifle
Some excerpts...
"Cooper traced the direct ancestors of his Scout back to the Winchester ‘94 carbine so prevalent in the American West and the full-stocked Mannlicher-Schoenauer carbine which was the classic light rifle in Europe and Africa for so many years. “… they were both short, light, handy, and friendly,” said Cooper. “… they were superb for the individual sportsman or explorer faring far afield and depending on the ‘one shot – one kill’ principle if it could be had in the neatest possible package.”
<span style="font-weight: bold">"The Scout is, first and foremost,not a military weapon but a hunting rifle."</span>
"It is not an assault rifle by any definition and was never intended to be anything of the kind. It is not overly specialized, nor is it some mediocre compromise. A lightweight general-purpose rifle is an admirable end of its own, a simple idea which seems difficult for some modern shooters to understand."
I do not own one so I do not have an opinion to give. However, I would say that if you like it and if the concept fits with how you intend to use the rifle, buy one and shoot it and tell us what you think of it...