Lost River, that is a very nice rifle and some beautiful photos. Congratulations on your elk, may it not be your last.
I am envious of you, sir. Thanks for posting the photos, it gives something to aspire to.
Lost River, that is a very nice rifle and some beautiful photos. Congratulations on your elk, may it not be your last.
I am envious of you, sir. Thanks for posting the photos, it gives something to aspire to.
I have a Tikka Big Boar in 308. They do not import them anymore. I love the way it moves and feels in the hand. I have to look and see if I have some pictures.
Here's a picture of a stock photo of one:
http://www.thegunsource.com/item/581..._BOAR_308.aspx
I played around with a Winchester 94 "scout" a few years ago, but don't have any pictures.
At the time Burris made a mount and rings that mounted in front of the reciever by replacing the rear sight with a treaded base and drill / tapping the barrel band for the front base attachment point. Of course this took away the BUIS option unless you mounted Lyman or other peep sight on the receiver.
If I remember correctly I got the idea from when Ted Yost was at Gunsight and was building a "tactical" lever gun during the bad ole AWB period. I always wanted to ask him what he did to make the loading gate smoother / faster to allow speed loading on the go, which was a part of what was advertised in the tactical lever gun package, besides the Burris forward mount and a Galco butt cuff and a Ching sling.
Anyway, sold the 94 for some other project but kept the Burris mount / rings just in case I ever want to try it again.
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"Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician."
Col. Jeff Cooper
Steyr Scout in .223
Purists do get a little carried away sometimes.
There are a few basic characteristics that define a scout. Purist forget that they aren't as rigid as you would think.
Here is the key characteristics http://www.steyrscout.org/project.htm
And as mentioned above, the forward mounted scope is NOT required to be a "scout".
It is my impression that Cooper felt over all weight, length, accuracy potential, and caliber was much more important to the concept of what made a rifle a "scout" verse just being another rifle.
According to Cooper, there are some good reasons to go with a low powered, forward mounted scope. his arguments for such a setup are worth of consideration.
While the forward mounted scope is an encouraged characteristic/feature, it's not defining one. simply having a forward mounted scope does not make a rifle a scout any more than not having one mean you don't have a scout.
This is my Ruger GSR. No optic as of yet because I have been a bit strapped for cash. I threw on a spare BFG Vickers sling which works great in this application, and a Battle Comp BBAC. I hope to get a Burris or Leupold scout scope fairly soon, along with a ching sling to round out the package. I love this rifle, very light, short and handy. It is my only bolt gun and really is an "all purpose" gun.
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