This thing should be fun. My new Savage 110 Scout Rifle in .308

[kmcn762]

Short, loud, and ridiculous? Yes please!

Just picked this up for a heck of a good deal and am very excited to get it to the range. A 16in barreled .308 with a brake sounds like it will be obnoxious and I'm all for it.

The Scout Rifle concept is an interesting one, even if it did not gain much popularity. I like the short length, brake, iron sights, and that it uses AICS mags. If only it had a stripper clip cutout.

I think it will be a fun handy little setup for hog or brush country deer hunting once all put together. Plans obviously include, sling, optic, and a suppressor.

Opinion time! Those of you who have/had/have used a scout setup, what kind of optic did you prefer? My thoughts are:

• Scout Scope, thinking a Vortex 2-7x
• Red dot
• Slap a normal rail on there and use a regular optic setup
  • Prsim, maybe a 3x
  • Red dot and 3x magnifier
  • LPVO

 

[zackmars]

I've been able to play around with various "scouts", the ruger, steyr, plus a handful of custom builds on mauser actions.

Honestly i hate scout scopes, and with the amount of quality red dots, prisms, and LPVO's that are avaliable they offer zero advantage.

 

[Txhillbilly]

I have always thought "Scout Rifles" were a dumb concept, but that's just my opinion.

 

[kbaxter60]

It looks pretty nice. I have no optics suggestion, but look forward to your range report. Let's see what you can do with those iron sights!