The practicality of a scout rifle in South Africa.

[treeman]

I think a compact .308 (or similar chambering like 7mm-08, .303, 6.5CM etc.) bolt gun with a DBM, low power variable scope and back up iron sights is a very versatile rifle. Having owned and hunted with a Ruger GSR and a 9.3x62 carbine I concluded:

- a barrel much under 20" is too loud for me, unless you run a suppressor (which i can't do in Canada). 18" is loud! 16" is way too short IMO. 20" is minimum for me, unless its a pistol cartridge, or something like a 7.62x39, .350 Legend, etc..
- scout scopes do not work for me. In fact I think they are terrible! I would much rather have a compact scope over the action and irons on the barrel, or something like the XS rail if the aesthetics of a long cheese grater on top of the rifle doesn't bother you.
- One advantage of the scout optic is that you can carry the rifle around the action
- a forward mounted red-dot might be a nice contemporary alternative to the IER scout scope
- I like a DBM but a flush or nearly flush mag should be an option. Hunting with a long extended magazine is not ideal for me.

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How!, How? Did the 6.5 Creed find its way into your statement?

[Kaptein L]

[KK20]

" misunderstood"

[TStone]

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How!, How? Did the 6.5 Creed find its way into your statement?

It can do everything Cooper wanted a scout rifle cartridge to do. In one of his initial writings on the scout rifle, Jeff Cooper sited two rifles as his inspiration for the scout project, the .30-30 Winchester mod '94 and the 6.5x54 Mannlicher Schoenauer full stock carbine. Both of the rifles, in these chambering's, came close to what Cooper wanted in a scout rifle.
The 6.5x54 and the 6.5 Creedmoor deliver very similar ballistics.

[treeman]

That dam Creed keeps popping up uninvited at real rifle conversations.

[TStone]

That dam Creed keeps popping up uninvited at real rifle conversations.

And yet, some of us have successfully hunted a lot more large antelope with the damn Creed than you have with all of your real rifles put together.

[MohamedD]

Seen this today https://twitter.com/danieldefense/st...mTX06StGAhIdjg

Delta 5 Pro bolt action CQBA.Don’t know if it will qualify.

[KK20]

puke

[MohamedD]

puke

[MohamedD]

puke

it’s an April fools post.