{"id":11775,"date":"2015-06-25T19:13:05","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T19:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=11775"},"modified":"2021-02-09T15:42:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T15:42:26","slug":"what-is-a-scout-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/what-is-a-scout-rifle\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a scout rifle?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Scout-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you know the answer to this question? Or, do you just think you know the answer?\u00a0Maybe the more important question to ask is, can the scout rifle be definitively defined?<\/p>\n

\"Steyr<\/a>
Steyr Scout Rifle<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Conducting research and experiments to support my upcoming book, The Scout Rifle Study<\/a>, I\u2019ve spent the last two years with my head so far up a scout rifle\u2019s muzzle I\u2019m beginning to wonder if it is a thing that actually exists or if its only a conceptual apparition that is used as fodder for campfire and gun counter arguments.<\/p>\n

\"Ruger<\/a>
Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle (Synthetic)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Regardless, the book\u00a0is coming along nicely. Not only am I learning things about rifles, I\u2019m learning things about how shooters interact with rifles. The latter might be the most important aspect of the discussion and the book to come.<\/p>\n

\"Mossberg<\/a>
Mossberg MVP Scout<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the end of the Advanced Scout Rifle Course at Gunsite Academy<\/a> each attendee wrote down their thoughts on what makes a scout rifle and what its purpose was. Surprisingly, even though there were some similarities in the essays, there were some stark differences too. This, from shooters who had just completed the most sophisticated\u00a0scout rifle course in the world, at the very home of the scout rifle.<\/p>\n

\"Savage<\/a>
Savage 11 Scout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So this brings us to the point of this post. What do you think makes a scout rifle? Let\u2019s call this additional book research conducted with a random and anonymous focus group via the Internet. After all, does it really matter what the manufacturers or the gun writers think? The consumer drives the train and you are the consumer.<\/p>\n

Please select each feature listed below that you believe is mandatory for a rifle to be considered a scout rifle.<\/p>\n

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Do you know the answer to this question? Or, do you just think you know the answer?\u00a0Maybe the more important question to ask is, can the scout rifle be definitively defined? 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