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Finally, a reason I see that justifies the scout rifle: In my line of work, where I do travel with a work rifle on a semi-regular basis being able to stay within the legal parameters is paramount.
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May 15th, 2015 at 11:05 am
One never “needs” a scout rifle; need is not the essence of the concept.
One “uses” a scout rifle, because it will do the job. “Usability” is the essence of the concept.
What job? Any job a rifle can do.
I still don’t have one, because I have several rifles that each excel in limited, specific roles: plinking, hunting, self defense, historic nostalgia.
But if I did not have those, and could only have one rifle, I’d like as not make it a scout rifle.
Yes, I read a lot of Cooper in my earlier years.
May 15th, 2015 at 8:14 pm
I’ve read just about everything Cooper ever wrote in his columns, and I do love the guy even if I disagree on a few minor points. He and several others I’ve run into along the way have had an attitude that can be distilled as follows; “Semiautos simply aren’t necessary, and the mechanism can even be detrimental to shootability. The M1 Garand is the best fighting rifle ever.”
Also; he would call the Ruger or the Savage “pseudo scouts”. And of course anything in a reduced caliber like the 223 would never qualify as a Scout at all because it’s no good for most big game – it’s not an All-Purpose Rifle. That, he would call a “poodle shooter”. I have several semi-auto poodleshooters (SAPs), FWIW.