{"id":2738,"date":"2020-07-21T08:16:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T08:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2020-08-05T19:54:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T19:54:43","slug":"what-is-a-scout-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/what-is-a-scout-rifle\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is A Scout Rifle, Anyways?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defining What Is A Scout Rifle<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/a-brief-history-of-the-scout-rifle\/\">In the previous article in this three-part series<\/a>, we briefly talked about what is a scout rifle and some of the history that helped define its place in American gun culture. The legendary firearms trainer Colonel Jeff Cooper created the scout rifle concept as a lightweight \u201cdo it all\u201d rifle that could be used just about anywhere in the world to shoot almost anything. The specifications for a true \u201cscout rifle\u201d changed over the years as Cooper refined his vision of \u201ca rifleman&#8217;s rifle.\u201d In general, though, a scout rifle has the following features:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Light overall weight, anywhere between 6.5 and 7.5 pounds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, handy size. Well balanced, and around a meter (40 inches) in length.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Powerful cartridge. Something that puts out 2400 ft\/lbs or more of energy at the muzzle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bolt-action, with a barrel length around 19 inches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lightweight stock, ideally made from polymer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Able to take a sling, and should be capable of 2 MOA accuracy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A forward mounted scope with long eye relief and backup iron sights.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of these add up to a gun that doesn\u2019t excel in one given area, but can do a number of different things well enough to get good results.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Is A General Purpose Rifle<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At its heart, though, the scout rifle is a smaller segment of what we would call a \u201cgeneral purpose rifle.\u201d The scout rifle was designed with hunting overseas in mind, but that is not really a big factor in American gun culture right now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, American gun culture has morphed into \u201cGun Culture 2.0.\u201d Where Gun Culture 1.0 was all about hunting, plinking, and other rural activities, Gun Culture 2.0 is more urban. It\u2019s more focused on self-defense and competition than it is on going out into the woods and harvesting a deer. The original specifications for the Scout Rifle were laid down before Gun Culture 2.0. This is a bit ironic, because Colonel Jeff Cooper, who laid out the parameters for the scout rifle, was also an important part of both practical shooting and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/gunsite-a-return-to-the-roots-of-firearms-training\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">firearms training<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Let\u2019s take a look, then, at some of the more recent factors that might influence a what is a scout rifle that reflects the reality of gun ownership as we know it today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Is A Scout Rifle, And What Is Not<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the defining features of the scout rifle is its forward-mounted, low power scope. The original thinking behind placing the scope way out on the stock, forward of the action, is that it allows the shooter to have full field of view, and yet still be able to make a precise shot when needed. In the meantime, however, the state of the art for rifle optics has moved forward, and other options are now available.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Low Power Variable Optics<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2742\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/low_power_variable_optic.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2742\" class=\"wp-image-2742 size-medium\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/low_power_variable_optic-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Low Power Variable optic\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/low_power_variable_optic-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/low_power_variable_optic-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/low_power_variable_optic-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/low_power_variable_optic-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/low_power_variable_optic-610x342.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/low_power_variable_optic-1080x606.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/low_power_variable_optic-627x352.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/low_power_variable_optic.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 1-4 power scope is typical of a Low Power Variable Optic.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The low-power variable optic (LPVO) is a fairly recent innovation that has gained a lot of popularity in recent years. They offer many advantages for someone looking to build a general purpose, scout-style rifle. A good many of them offer a true 1 power field of view, which means that it can easily be used in close-range, snap shot situations where time is of the essence. However, with a simple twist of a dial, these scopes can reach out to 4 power, 6 power, and even up to 10 power.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These optics do have some disadvantages, though. A variable power optic has more glass inside of it than a fixed power optic. That means more weight.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leupold.com\/scopes\/rifle-scopes\/fx-ii-scout-ier-2-5x28mm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A Leupold FX II Scout scope<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in many ways the quintessential scout optic, weighs just 7.5 ounces. Low power variable scopes, on the other hand, can weigh over twice that amount. In addition to this, the \u201ceye box,\u201d or space for your eye to move around behind the scope, can be quite small with an LPVO. This is especially true with the higher-power LPVOs in the 1-8 or 1-10 power range. A small eye box means that you have to place your head just right to get a good sight picture through your scope. This is not something that is normally associated with a rifle that\u2019s designed to be handy and quick to shoot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Dot Optics\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mec-gar.com\/pistol-magazines\/1911\/1911-.45-10rd-10-Extended\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red dot optics have been around since the mid-70s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and gained acceptance with the U.S. military in 1997. There are some distinct advantages to a red dot on a scout-style rifle. The first is their light weight. Even a tough, ruggedized scope <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aimpoint.com\/about-aimpoint\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">like the Aimpoint CompM4<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weighs just 9 ounces, including the mount. You can mount them just about anywhere on the stock of the rifle for that true \u201cscout rifle\u201d look and feel. They are also very easy to use in close-in, snap shot situations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They do, however, have a couple of drawbacks. The first is their lack of magnification. One power may be great for close-in work, but at longer distances, hitting a 10&#215;10 plate without magnification is more challenging than with a low-power scope. The second drawback is their need to use batteries. Lose your battery power in a reticle scope (magnified or not) and all you lose is a red glowing reticle. Lose your battery power in a red dot, and you\u2019ll quickly find out just how good your backup sights really are.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suppressors\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suppressors, or silencers, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.google.com\/patent\/US1482805A\/en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as their inventor Hiram Maxim first called them<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, are not a new idea. They\u2019ve been around for almost one hundred years, but have really grown in popularity in recent years as people have figured out their benefits. Firing off a magazine or two of full power rifle ammunition indoors is a great way to suffer permanent hearing damage. They are rapidly gaining acceptance in hunting, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalattorneys.com\/firearms-blog\/hunting-with-suppressors-now-legal-in-34-states\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with more and more states allowing them to be used on a hunt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are drawbacks to using a suppressor, however. They are more tightly regulated than firearms are, and ownership requires a $200 tax stamp from the ATF. Suppressors are also not cheap, costing several hundreds dollars or more, even without that extra $200 sent to the .gov. Lastly, a suppressor can be quite heavy to carry around all day. This can be mitigated somewhat by using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sigsauer.com\/store\/srd762ti.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lightweight materials such as titanium in the suppressor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but that tends to raise the price even more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Market Forces\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are other factors that have influenced what we consider to be a general purpose rifle and what is a scout rifle. Legislation such as the 1994 assault weapons ban and ongoing military actions in far-off lands have affected how we own and use rifles inside the United States. Let\u2019s look at three items in more detail.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rise of the AR-15 As \u201cAmerica\u2019s Rifle\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right before the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban went into effect, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hermistonherald.com\/news\/history\/hermiston-history-assault-weapon-ban-drives-up-price-of-guns\/article_c492d7cc-d8e0-11e9-a299-df7f8adaf9e7.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you could buy a nice entry-level AR-15 for around $600<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Now, over twenty five years later, you can buy a nice entry-level AR-15 for around\u2026 $600. The AR-15 and its many, many variants have taken over the semi-automatic rifle market inside the U.S.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2744\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/3_gun_rifle.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2744\" class=\"wp-image-2744 size-medium\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/3_gun_rifle-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"3 gun rifle\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/3_gun_rifle-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/3_gun_rifle-1024x522.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/3_gun_rifle-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/3_gun_rifle-1536x782.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/3_gun_rifle-610x311.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/3_gun_rifle-1080x550.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/3_gun_rifle-627x319.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/3_gun_rifle.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The AR-15 is popular of all kinds of shooting sports, including 3 Gun.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The modular nature of the AR platform means that you can make your gun whatever you want it to be. There are accessories available that can easily turn the same AR from a close-quarters fighting machine into a long-distance precision rifle. The AR is also a popular hunting rifle, especially with predator and feral hog hunters who have little, if any, restrictions on the guns they can use to rid the countryside of noxious beasts. As we shall soon see, the AR-15\u2019s bigger (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nramuseum.org\/guns\/the-galleries\/wwii,-korea,-vietnam-and-beyond-1940-to-present\/case-42-guns-of-vietnam-and-desert-storm\/armalite-ar-10-semi-automatic-rifle.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and younger<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) cousin, the AR-10, is also gaining more and more acceptance in a wide variety of roles in American gun culture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competition\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I mentioned before, practical shooting is a big part of Gun Culture 2.0. One of the more popular of the practical shooting sports is 3 Gun, which is a fast-paced sport that involves a pistol, a shotgun and a rifle. The AR-15 in .223 dominates in the regular divisions in that sport. In the Heavy Metal division, designed for higher-powered calibers like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/308-762x51-ammo\">.308<\/a> for rifle and .40 S&amp;W (or more) for pistol, it\u2019s the AR-10 that rules all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The desire to win in this sport has led to a number of innovations, such as lightweight ARs that are quick to move from target to target and other modifications that are designed to reduce the weight of a rifle without affecting its reliability. 3 Gun can be brutal on firearms. It\u2019s quite common to see empty guns tossed into storage barrels forcefully as a shooter transitions to another gun. Competitors bang guns into barriers and stage props with alarming regularity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another rapidly growing sport is precision rifle, which involves making precise shots from 100 yards on out to 1000 yards or more. AR-10 and AR-15 style rifles are in common use in these matches, in a variety of calibers. In many ways, the AR platform has become the default rifle for competition inside the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Military\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2743\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/designated_marksman_rifle.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2743\" class=\"wp-image-2743 size-medium\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/designated_marksman_rifle-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Designated Marksman Rifle\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/designated_marksman_rifle-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/designated_marksman_rifle-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/designated_marksman_rifle-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/designated_marksman_rifle-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/designated_marksman_rifle-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/designated_marksman_rifle-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/designated_marksman_rifle-627x418.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/designated_marksman_rifle.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Designated Marksman Rifle is a relatively new concept in the U.S. military.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ongoing operations overseas revealed that the military needed a rifle that could reach out to 500 yards and beyond. The 5.56mm round of the military\u2019s M-16\/M4 guns just don\u2019t have that kind of range, so the role of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebalancecareers.com\/marine-corps-designated-marksmen-3332787\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Designated Marksman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was created to give a rifle squad a little more long-range firepower.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s important to note that the Designated Marksman\u2019s job isn\u2019t to provide a volume of fire on the target. Rather, his role is to engage the enemy with precise shots at longer ranges. The Designated Marksman\u2019s rifle is usually an AR-10 of some kind, in .308 caliber. He has a low-power variable optic on it, and his job is to work with his squad in order to engage targets they cannot reach with their rifles. He does not rely on the suppressive fire of his squad to accomplish his mission. Rather, he provides the suppressive fire for the squad at longer ranges than they can provide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrapping It All Up<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The general purpose rifle still has a big role to play inside of America\u2019s gun culture. Next week, we\u2019ll look at what was a scout rifle of the past, and what a scout rifle of today might look like. We\u2019ll show how all of these items we talked about influence the features found on a general-purpose rifle that works for the members of Gun Culture 2.0. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defining What Is A Scout Rifle In the previous article in this three-part series, we briefly talked about what is a scout rifle and some of the history that helped define its place in American gun culture. 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