I like ARs, I own ARs, and I hunt with ARs; hell, I even wrote a book about ARs. Some folks like to use the term “Modern Sporting Rifle – MSR to describe the AR but I think this is nothing more than an extension of political correctness. It’s an AR and if you see where I have used the modern sporting …
The conventional definition of the term “scout rifle” is any rifle with a forward mounted optical sight. Gunsite Academy founder Jeff Cooper coined the term and on multiple occasions defined it. However, his efforts to perpetuate a certain type of firearm are largely lost on the modern shooter. The result is a bastardization of a concept that had a lot to do …
I’ve been singing the praises of XS rifle sights for a long time. Of course in this day an age if your rifle does not wear an optical sight – in most cases a very large optical sight – you’re looked upon as either an old fart or a neophyte. Well, my buddy Monte Long from XS Sights proved my point …
