Best Scout Rifle [2020] | Top 6 Scout Rifles For The Money

hey guys in this video we're gonna be checking out the six best Scout rifles I made this list based on my personal opinion and hours of research and have listed them based on quality durability price and more for more information on the mentioned products and the actual prices check the links in the description below ok so let's get started marlyn model 1895 SBL cooper specifically envisioned the scout rifle as being a bolt-action but that doesn't mean that a lever action wouldn't work as a scout rifle in fact a lever gun presents many advantages over a bolt-action one of the biggest advantages to a lever action over a bolt-action is you have faster rate of fire you can shoot reach aim BER and shoot a lever-action faster than you can a bolt-action it's just that simple this would be an excellent advantage to have if you have to quickly defend your life against deadly big-game animals or multiple attackers another advantage to the lever action carbine is now narrow it is which makes it very easy to store a transport in a vehicle finally the lever action with a loading gate such as a Marlin or a Winchester presents you with the easy opportunity to shoot one or two rounds and then load one or two rounds to ensure that you always have ammunition in the magazine tube the Marlin model 1895 SB L is a lever-action carbine chambered for the large point for 570 round this is a hard-hitting round capable of bringing down anything in North America with an overall length of just 37 inches and a weight of 8 pounds the 1895 s BL certainly fulfills Cooper's criteria for a scout rifle from a size perspective it also features the ability to mount a scope forward of the receiver for proper eye relief excess ghost ring sights and a large loop lever so you can easily operate the rifle when wearing gloves total capacity is six plus one rounds the 0.45 70 is a large round and as a result it is noted for its high recoil if this is not desirable to you then a good alternative to the 1895 s BL would be the 336 in point 303 Winchester the point 303 is a good round for games such as deer black bear or wild pigs but is a four-round for larger games such as moose or elk the trade-off however is that it is much cheaper and easier to shoot than the 0.45 70 Mossberg MVP scout the Mossberg MVP scout in point 308 Winchester is a true scout rifle in every sense that Jeff Cooper intended it to be one of the biggest advantages to the MVP Scout over other scout rifles in its class is that it accepts both our 10 and m1a magazines in contrast to this most other Scout rifles on the market such as the Ruger GSR use proprietary magazines that are expensive and difficult to find the fact that the MVP uses magazines that are cheaper and very easy to find is a major plus especially if you are considering the scout rifle is an shtf rifle this also means you could potentially have a capacity of 20 plus 1 rounds with the Mossberg MVP that's pretty good considering that most Scout rifles will hold 10 rounds or sometimes only 5 or so furthermore the MVP scout is often sold as a combo packaged with a vortex 2 to 7 X 32 millimetres scope very few other Scout rifles are sold with an optic of any kind so it's certainly a nice feature the MVP also comes installed with a Picatinny rail forward of the receiver also as Cooper originally envisioned with a fiber optic front sight the barrel measures 16 point to 5 inches with a total length of 37 point 5 inches and a weight of eight and a quarter pound bruger gunsight Scout the Ruger gunsight scout rifle or GSR was introduced by Ruger in 2011 and developed in conjunction with the gun sight training center in Arizona hence the name it is available in a variety of calibers including Point 308 Winchester 0.45 au Bushmaster 6.5 Creedmoor and 5.56 x 45 millimetres nato the gun sight scout is essentially a carbine length and detachable box magazine fed version of their popular m77 bolt-action rifle which utilizes the proven mauser action the GSR has a total length of 40 inches with the 18 l7 inch barrel a wood laminated stock or black synthetic stock depending on the model you choose and a matte blue door mate stainless steel barrel depending on the model you choose a shorter 16-inch barrel version is available as well as with other m77 rifles the GSR has a three position safety and a single-stage trigger that breaks at around four pounds it features a forward Picatinny rail that allows for a mounting of a variety of different Scout scopes and red dot sights the standard magazine capacity holds 10 rounds while five and three round magazines are available as well the magazines are proprietary and are quite expensive which is a downside to the rifle savage m11 scout rifle another highly popular scout rifle is the savage m11 scout in point 308 Winchester it is built using the 110 style of action developed by savage the rifle has an 18-inch barrel with a muzzle break that adds another two and a half inches however the break is removable the advantage to the muzzle break is it reduces both recoil and muzzle flip which simple makes the rifle more controllable on the other hand though it also makes the rifle much louder so wear hearing protection the m11 uses a synthetic tan stock that has three different attachment points of adding a sling this was done specifically according to Cooper's design the three attachment points are located at the front center and rear of the stock the standard magazine for the Savage m11 holds 10 rounds with a forward Picatinny rail for adding scopes and optics the bolt is oversized so it is easy to operate when wearing gloves the tank mounted three position safety will lock the bolt closed when it is turned on another big advantage to the savage m11 is savages trademark echo trigger which is fully adjustable and can be lowered to just 2.75 pounds making it one of the lightest and Crispus trigger pulls of any scout rifle on the market Springfield m1a Scout squad the m1a Scout squad from Springfield Armory is the only semi-automatic rifle on this list this is technically a battle rifle it being a semi-automatic point 308 with a detachable box magazine but it's also an excellent choice for a truck gun a brush gun or even a hunting gun if you want it to a semi-automatic naturally has a number of advantages over a bolt gun or a lever gun and if you could only own one rifle many people would want that rifle to be a semi-automatic for the simple reason that you have a faster rate of fire in fact a strong case can be made that a semi-automatic rifle chambered for point 308 rifle could be the most versatile rifle that you could own the Springfield m1a Scout squad has a total length of just over 40 inches with a barrel length of 18 inches that is constructed out of carbon steel with a parkerized finish and has a weight of just under 9 pounds it ships with a 10 round parkerized steel magazine but larger 20 round m1a magazines are also easily available stare scout rifle point 308 Winchester the last scout rifle on this list is actually the first official one that was ever invented the stare scout rifle in point 308 Winchester produced originally in 1998 this was the first commercial scout rifle and has the distinction of actually being a cooperative effort between steyr mannlicher and Jeff Cooper himself in other words if you want a scout rifle that gets as close as possible to what Jeff Cooper had in mind this rifle is probably it the Steyr scout rifle has a polymer stock with an aluminum receiver and is very lightweight at just over six and a half pounds the barrel measures 19 inches and is hammer forged the is a Weaver style of rail that is mounted forward of the receiver for the easy mounting of optics and scopes the overall length of the rifle is just over 39 inches this rifle also comes installed with a two-stage trigger that is very light at around 4 pounds the rear sight is adjustable for elevation and both sights are flip up another unique feature of this rifle is the fact that it comes with an integral folding bipod which is hidden in the bottom of the stock with the simple push of a button the bipod is released for rapid deployment thanks for watching and that's all for this video if you liked this video and it helped you out in any way please give the video a like and hit the subscribe button hope to see you guys in the next video till next time I'll see you later

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Length: 8min 16sec (496 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 17 2020