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<blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 1421704" data-attributes="member: 42"><p>To be clear, today's current M4 SOPMOD and other carbine variants (and loadings like the MK262), even lightweight .308 versions, were not widely available at the time Cooper's concept was being kicked around. Cooper even stated in one of his own commentaries that he chose .308 because it was the most widely available cartridge 'at the time'. That has changed. But we aren't really discussing that, I'm really trying to pin down this "Scout" concept (especially as it is manifested in <em>this</em> Ruger). I've been reading about it since the late 70's-early 80's when I used to spend my allowance on SOF, SWAT and Survive magazines....</p><p></p><p>I think the reason Cooper got a lot of questions, and the reason it's never really taken off is because the need/purpose has never been clearly defined. 'Scout' in this context is as ambiguous as 'Tactical'. General/Multi purpose tools usually do no one thing very well. A precision big game rifle isn't a fighting rifle, and a fighting rifle doesn't do precision big game. </p><p></p><p>I really cannot envision a job I might set out to do that would require a flash suppressor, high capacity box magazine, and the ability to drop a 900 pound animal at 300 yards. </p><p></p><p>From my gut, I think Ruger slapped some military looking attachments onto an otherwise stock rifle in hopes of cashing in on the 'it looks cool' crowd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SMS, post: 1421704, member: 42"] To be clear, today's current M4 SOPMOD and other carbine variants (and loadings like the MK262), even lightweight .308 versions, were not widely available at the time Cooper's concept was being kicked around. Cooper even stated in one of his own commentaries that he chose .308 because it was the most widely available cartridge 'at the time'. That has changed. But we aren't really discussing that, I'm really trying to pin down this "Scout" concept (especially as it is manifested in [I]this[/I] Ruger). I've been reading about it since the late 70's-early 80's when I used to spend my allowance on SOF, SWAT and Survive magazines.... I think the reason Cooper got a lot of questions, and the reason it's never really taken off is because the need/purpose has never been clearly defined. 'Scout' in this context is as ambiguous as 'Tactical'. General/Multi purpose tools usually do no one thing very well. A precision big game rifle isn't a fighting rifle, and a fighting rifle doesn't do precision big game. I really cannot envision a job I might set out to do that would require a flash suppressor, high capacity box magazine, and the ability to drop a 900 pound animal at 300 yards. From my gut, I think Ruger slapped some military looking attachments onto an otherwise stock rifle in hopes of cashing in on the 'it looks cool' crowd. [/QUOTE]
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