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!

 

[wakosama]

.308 with 18" & comp??? hearing protection while scouting??? your ears.

 

[leVieux]

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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

I got to take a good look at a new Steyr yesterday. Yours looks nicer.

The stock on the Steyr looked too gimmicky for us old folks.

 

[kmcn762]

.308 with 18" & comp??? hearing protection while scouting??? your ears.

16.5in with a brake!

You'll know when I shoot

 

[Mohawk600]

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

I like the idea of a compact bolt action for a brush gun.

 

[Txhillbilly]

I like the idea of a compact bolt action for a brush gun.

Ain't nothing wrong with a compact bolt action rifle. It's just the stupid forward scope mount, and then having to use any of the cheap azz handgun scopes on it.

 

[billtool]

I’m a huge Scout fan. My Ruger .308 is my favorite rifle. It has a Vortex 2-7 on it right now. OP’s Savage looks great. Put a suppressor on the front and it’ll be quiet as you’d like.

 

[kmcn762]

Ain't nothing wrong with a compact bolt action rifle. It's just the stupid forward scope mount, and then having to use any of the cheap azz handgun scopes on it.

I went with the Vortex 2-7x32 Scout scope, so a bit better than a handgun scope. Figured I'd give it a try since I already have several rifles with regular setups. It's an easy swap of the rail to a regular optic setup.

 

[TipBledsoe]

I went with the Vortex 2-7x32 Scout scope, so a bit better than a handgun scope. Figured I'd give it a try since I already have several rifles with regular setups. It's an easy swap of the rail to a regular optic setup.

I'd like to see pics after you get the scope mounted.
So a scout scope has a lot of eye relief?

 

[billtool]

Yep- long eye relief. I initially had a Burris 4x, then a red dot, and finally settled on the Vortex. OP’s gonna really dig his. And I just found a pic of mine. It’s a 2-7 Burris. I sold the 4x to a guy that was mounting it in a pistol.