New from Ruger: Gunsite Scout Rifle

[fullmetaljoe]

Oooo, shiny. More info here.

[Guest Grantonius]

Looks like somebody bred a hawkeye with a mini-30. I likey!

[Guest bkelm18]

Very nice.

[Mdunntn]

Wonder what the price tag is, looks very nice.

[fullmetaljoe]

MSRP on the website is $995, so street price should be a bit lower than that.

[Mdunntn]

MSRP on the website is $995, so street price should be a bit lower than that.

Ouch lol figured it would be around there, I was just praying it would be cheaper.

[Oh Shoot]

Mini 14s are in the $950 range MSRP, but go for about $590 best prices online, maybe this will be about same, but probably not right away.

- OS

Edited December 30, 2010 by OhShoot

[leroy]

I like it!! Need to start saving my pennies for one. My guess is that this is Ruger's answer to the Steyr Scout Rifle (...another real good idea; but expensive....).

Check this out: The Steyr Scout Rifle Page.

Anyway, they are both a great thing. It's a sure bet that the Ruger will be less expensive and do about the same thing

Thanks for posting this great news.

Leroy

[Guest GunTroll]

I'm not crazy about the stock or the muzzle. Other than that I like short handy high-er capacity rifles that are bolt operated. I'm sure they will if they don't currently offer (I didn't click the link) a syn stock or a real wood stock version.

[Curiousgb]

Very interesting. I wonder what kind velocities you would get from a 16.5" barrel.

[creeky]

WOW! That is really sharp looking!

[BryanP]

Neat. I'd rather see it in 7.62x39 or .223 than .308, but neat.

[KahrMan]

I am not sure if I like this or not. There is something just not right about a magazine sticking out the bottom of a nice laminated stock.

[Westwindmike]

Looks like it meets the basic requirements for a Scout Rifle as defined by Jeff Cooper. I like it.

[Curiousgb]

Just found this.

Ruger’s New Gunsite Scout 308 Bolt-Action Rifle

[Spiffy]

You would think more companies would make a factory option to take the high cap mags. Like the FAL or G3 mags are cheap.

[Guest 5Legion]

This is really neat and about time! Let me admit I am biased here - I'm a Ruger fan, I own a couple of Minis, and I did own a Frontier rifle in .308 which was sort of the weak sister of this gun. The Frontier was a nice compact rifle and I used it to hunt white tail in the brush in LA one year, but as a true scout rifle it was lacking: no iron sights, and a limited mag capacity (4 if I recall and one in the chamber). I once saw someone modified a Frontier with a fixed M1A mag as their SHTF rifle, which looked a lot like this! I will prob pick one of these up, I'm a fan of the scout rifle concept and Ruger. I will say that a 5 round mag will be more than adequate for hunting etc, the 10 round is a bit much for that.

5L

[Guest Bronker]

Projected release date? Did I miss that?

I shall have this rifle:)

[-boatman-]

I like everything about it but the MSRP. Anyone have any idea what they might sell for?

[Verne]

I'm interested but will have to check one out when they hit the streets.

[Garufa]

OK. I like the rifle and idea. Do not like the single stack mag, laminate stock or plastic trigger housing/mag well....but I really like it.

Reminds me a lot of this....

[I_Like_Pie]

So basically it is a pimped out Ruger Frontier rifle. Seeing the crowd that they are targeting....they should sell a boatload of them.

[Magiccarpetrides]

Im interested to see what kind of accuracy it has....definitely looks good....course good glass would cost as much as the rifle.

[Metalhead]

Projected release date? Did I miss that?

I shall have this rifle:)

Should have one in the shop either today or tomorrow.

[Verne]

I am now in a toss up for my next bolt gun. The Ruger Scout or a Rem 700 ACC-SD that I found a great deal on. Decisions decisions.