This is the third in a series of articles concerning the Scout Rifle. It could be considered an addendum to my book, The Scout Rifle Study. The Problem with the Scout Rifle The primary problem with the Scout Rifle is that…
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Analysis of the Scout Rifle: Part 2
This is the second in a series of articles concerning the Scout Rifle. It could be considered an addendum to my book, The Scout Rifle Study. The Problem with the term/name, Scout Rifle Maybe the largest problem Cooper created was…
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Analysis of the Scout Rifle: Part 1
This is the first in a series of articles concerning Scout Rifles. It could be considered an addendum to my book, The Scout Rifle Study. The Problem with the Scout Rifle Concept As those who frequent the Scout Rifle forum…
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Thoughts on the General Purpose Rifle
In the 1980s, Jeff Cooper, a former Marine and founder of what is now known as Gunsite Academy, conceived the Scout Rifle concept. Cooper theorized the best general-purpose rifle – a rifle well adapted to just about any task –…
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Rifle Identity
How often have you heard someone refer to their rifle as a certain type of rifle? Maybe a deer-rifle, varmint-rifle, dangerous-game rifle, assault-rifle, prepper-rifle, or whatever other hyphenated-rifle you can imagine. Different folks have different ideas about all these rifle types,…
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Daily Blog: 12/20/20 (Scout Rifles)
The interest in Scout Rifles continues to elevate and I believe that is a good thing. Given the world we are living in, having one rifle that is capable of handling any task a rifle is suited for is a…
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Just One Gun
Could you live with only one gun? I don’t know about you but the thought of that is enough to turn milk sour. However, the practicality of just one gun that would allow you to do everything , or at…
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Hunter Field Course
How are you preparing for the upcoming hunting season? Are you watching hunting television, complaining about how stupid it is? Are you shooting at least once per week from actual field positions? While wearing a Corona mask? No, my guess…
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Cooper’s Load
In his book, To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth, Cooper stated, “All scouts up to now have been in caliber .308, and the chronograph insists that the proper loading can start a 150-grain bullet from a 19 inch…
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The Mini-Cooper
Jeff Cooper was the originator of the scout rifle concept. He started with a Remington model 600 in 1966 and advanced the concept from there. The ultimate result was the Steyr Scout. Ever since Cooper first mentioned the concept, custom…
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