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What is a scout rifle?

Do you know the answer to this question? Or, do you just think you know the answer? Maybe the more important question to ask is, can the scout rifle be definitively defined? Conducting research and experiments to support my upcoming book, The Scout Rifle Study, I’ve spent the last two years with my head so far up a scout rifle’s muzzle I’m beginning …

Scout Rifle Study – Part 2

  The first Advanced Scout Rifle course at Gunsite Academy was a wonderful success. Over three days eight students worked scout rifles from up close and personal in the indoor simulators to beyond 250 yards in the outdoor simulators. We also shot moving targets and explored the “scout rifle” concept through discussion and by comparing rifles. I’ve suggested that next year the …

Running Your Rifle

Getting a hit is everyone’s goal when they pull their rifle’s trigger. Sometimes we miss and sometimes the things we shoot need shot again. Learning how to run your rifle and how to keep it mounted on your shoulder while you do so will increase your odds of getting that second hit. You don’t pull a semi-auto rifle down from your shoulder …