Can anyone enlighten me please. I found out about these from a friend yesterday and apart from the seemingly long eye relief, know nothing about them.
Thanks
The scout rifle is a class of general-purpose rifles defined and promoted by Jeff Cooper in the early 1980s.
These bolt action carbines are typically .308 caliber (7.62mm), less than 1 meter in length, and less than 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) in weight, with iron and optical sights and fitted with practical slings (such as Ching slings) for shooting and carrying, and capable of hitting man-sized targets out to 450 meters without scopes. Typically they employ forward-mounted low-power long eye relief scopes or sights to afford easy access to the top of the rifle action for rapid reloading. Although the Steyr Scout is the only rifle Jeff Cooper has been personally involved with, Ruger, Savage, and several other gun makers now manufacture scout rifles that roughly match Cooper's specifications.
Jack V wrote:Generally they are low magnification for wide field of view and slim profile to allow sighting with both eyes open and be able to see around the scope as well as through it.
yoshie wrote:Scout scopes are usually used when normal scopes won't fit for example bolt handles would foul and cases are ejected and will hit a scope