Parts For DIY Scout Rifles
Some individuals choose to build their own Scout or "Pseudo Scout" rifle (a rifle that does not meet one or more of Cooper's criteria) based on a wide variety of brands and action types. An example is what Colonel Cooper called the "Brooklyn Scout" (in honor of the location where the combination was first developed). It is a Winchester Model 94 with a forward-mounted long-eye-relief telescopic sight. Although the original Brooklyn Scout was in .30-30, the 7-30 Waters (having energy equivalent to the .30-30), would be a flatter shooting and lower recoil alternative. Hornady's LEVERevolution ammo and FTX and MonoFlex bullets, allowing the safe use of higher ballistic coefficient spitzer bullets in lever action rifles, significantly improves the performance of a Brooklyn Scout, bringing it closer to the Scout ideal.
A semiautomatic Pseudo Scout rifle could easily be based upon the Ruger Mini platform, either the Mini-14 (.223 Remington or 6.8 mm Remington SPC) or the Mini-30 (7.62x39mm). Although all three calibers are underpowered for a true Scout, the 6.8 SPC version would come closest to the ideal. All three are already available with stainless steel short barrels, synthetic stocks, and ghost ring rear sights. All three make the length and weight requirements. After market forward mounts for Scout Scopes are available from UltiMAK (see below). A third sling swivel for a Ching sling is as easily added as for any other rifle (see below).
Below are some of the parts and suppliers needed to convert various rifles to the Scout format. Note that often, given the time, expense, and effort of a DIY Scout, a Savage Scout ends up closer to the ideal and costing less.
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