Scoutfag here again, I'm picking up my Ruger Scout next week and I was wondering about what long eye relief optics people use?
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Scoutfag here again, I'm picking up my Ruger Scout next week and I was wondering about what long eye relief optics people use?
Just use the iron sights and save yourself the pound of weight and bulk and frontheavyness.
I have a gsr 308 with a burris 2.75 and its not enuff for my bad eyes. Honestly thinking about dropping a full length rail on the top and putting a prism and micro red dot for shits and gigs. Or a LVPO
Ring height can be a bitch for bolt clearance tbh
vortex had their 5x prism site for sale on PSA for 200. But I just dropped a few bucks on a ruger Super wrangler. I know someone who did this with their scout 14 and I really dig the lvpo over the scout scope.
Vortex Crossfire Scout
Looking at one in .450 Bushmaster and want to install this optic on it.
https://www.aimpoint.com/products/red-dot-sights/pro-patrol-rifle-optic-2-moa-red-dot-reflex-sight-with-standard-spacer-and-qrp2-mount
I prefer the Leupold fx-II scout because of weight, robustness and clarity. It's fixed power which a lot of people don't seem to like, but I prefer it in it's intended role, personally. They're pretty cheap too at around 400 (when I got mine, at least). Don't get the freedom, it's garbage
The main thing I've noticed with scout scopes is there's not really a premium option. All of the major choices are sub $600 so really just choose one that fits your needs because they are all fairly close to one another in quality.
Leupold fx-II scout is discontinued.
Jannies do it for free but at least they're asked to do it. gtfo of here with the "not on my board" elitism
Ya they're discontinued but you can still find them online
>Don't get the freedom, it's garbage
I have this garbage on my Mini-30. Fixed 2.5, 5" eye relief works. I mostly shoot 50-100 yards with this setup. No complaints.
They don't get the love they deserve
>I was wondering about what long eye relief optics people use?
They don't especially not in a rifle with a detachable magazine. Cooper utilised the LER scope for three reasons:
>Quick reload with stripper clips
>Situational awareness
>Prevent scope bite
Your rifle has a detachable magazine, so you can reload quickly. If you're not an idiot, you can prevent scope bite yourself. Finally, you can use an LPVO nowadays to maintain most situational awareness - although a magnifier red dot combo might be even better. If the D-EVO hadn't sucked balls, that would have been the bee's knees for a scout rifle.
It was also because he liked red dots/electronic sights but didn't think they were yet reliable enough for a working rifle (he was right, at the time) and a low power ler scope approximated the advantages of a parallax free sight like that while being simple and robust. They're also light as fuck
>Situational awareness
This is still relevant. Granted the entire concept of a scout rifle is outdated. I'm convinced Cooper would have used a skeletonized AR-10 with a micro Red dot and detachable magnifier if he were building his rifle today since it better meets his own design goals.
However, the forwards mounted low power scope 100% does preserve your peripheral vision, even allowing for 2 eye open shooting in ways that a traditional scope set up simply cannot. So, if you think you might have to use bolt action in any kind of relatively close encounter, such as something jumping out at you from the brush, then the scout scope makes way more sense than the traditional set-up while still offering you some minor magnification for pushing shots out.
>I'm convinced Cooper would have used a skeletonized AR-10 with a micro Red dot and detachable magnifier if he were building his rifle today since it better meets his own design goals.
I think he'd go with an LPVO, but agree with you on the rest.
Something that will co-witness with the irons, or an LPVO, or quick detach/side folding mount in the event the scope's borked.
>I think he'd go with an LPVO, but agree with you on the rest.
Probably, though the alternative gives you prospective precision marksman type options out to a greater distance/target identification.
The magnifier will interfere with running the bolt when it's folded down, senpai. This is why I ultimately ended up with an LPVO. It would be cool if it worked, though.
Swap the magnifier to the other side, or get one of the flip down magnifier mounts if you don't mind a really tall red dot.
Is the heat shirld really necessary?
ALL LER scopes are trash so just get a crossfire.
I use a leupold VX-freedom 1.5-4x scout scope on my ithaca 37 12g for deer season. setup similar to pic related.
this let's me remove the scope alongside the slug barrel and replace with a longer smoothbore with a bead for birds when the time comes. basically makes this my one and done shotgun for all the hunting I do. and switching barrels takes only a few seconds.
all of my shots are within 50 yards so I keep it set to 1.5x most of the time in the stand. the reticle let's me be more confident in shots when its low light, and gives me the ability to reach out to shoot a nice one if needed. 3 seasons and 5 deer later I'm taking it out again next weekend for opening day. works well for me.
I have the burris 2-7x scout scope on low height qd rings, I like it.
long eye relief is ugly and mega gay
I think it's a good look
That dudes a troll, not just for the contrarian post but for posting a rifle that's specifically a scout rifle to it's core with the ugliest Vortex made. He's simply craving attention. Ignore it.
As for this thread, a nearly identical one as made yesterday. There is no reason for this one to exist.
Sorry, I was deciding on a rifle now I'm just trying to figure out a good optic
>He's simply craving attention
you're projecting lol
it's just a bit of banter buddy, it's not that serious
No u
I don't understand why scout rifles exist when you can just have a 10.5 AR with a 10 round mag and a LPVO
Not everyone can, this is one of the stated reasons for developing the scout rifle. Aside from its physical properties, it's also meant to be a good all round rifle for people like myself in cucked jurisdictions. I'm in Canada, my AR is bricked. I have this AR-180B cope rifle, but the scout is a reasonable alternative if Herr Trudeau fucking tossed that too. Otherwise I'd agree with you. ARs are the supreme fighting implement.
>it's also meant to be a good all round rifle for people like myself in cucked jurisdictions
I didn't think about that but it makes sense. Although if it was me I would roll around with an m1 tanker model or something of that sort
At least in the states we have an opportunity to replace the douche bag in charge once every 4 years. I heard it's almost impossible for you all to replace a PM? That's whack and extremely unfortunate with someone like Trudeau in power. I think that dude is actually evil for real.
Are there any molle pouches that fit the 10 round ruger mags? I'd like to make a micro light chest right that holds like 2-3 mags.
I searched online for AICS 10rd magazine pouches and got this one: https://armageddongear.com/product/10-round-adjustable-aicsaw-mag-pouch/
Ah, had not thought of searching for aics.
Aye, Ruger decided to use AICS magazine design for their Scout rifle.
Although I don't have issues with my Ruger mag, I hear they are not as good as AICS's mags.
Lever action scouts are pretty comfy. I found an old Leupold Winchester 94 scope mount and throw it on with a cheap LER amazon just for fun. The scope is 2-7 but i just keep it on 2. Balances really well with the scope right above the left hand, but a tube full of 7 170gr + the scope does make it much more front heavy compared to the empty, scopeless rifle. Wanna get a vintage 1.5x or 2x pistol scope to throw on it some day to go full like 1950s-60s tacticool