{"id":63912,"date":"2016-09-26T13:51:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T17:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=63912"},"modified":"2016-09-26T13:51:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T06:41:13","slug":"jeff-coopers-greatest-legacy-the-ultimate-scout-rifle-full-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/jeff-coopers-greatest-legacy-the-ultimate-scout-rifle-full-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Cooper\u2019s Greatest Legacy? The Ultimate Scout Rifle\u2014Full Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Steyr Scout is the culmination of Jeff Cooper’s concept of a light yet capable rifle. Image courtesy of the manufacturer.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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With two magazines on board, the Steyr Scout Rifle is easily tac-loaded and the operator need not carry additional ammunition on their belt.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The idea of owning only one rifle does not appeal to many Americans. In some European countries, government restrictions make it more common and is why drillings and vierlings\u2014rifle and shotgun combination guns with multiple barrels\u2014are popular there. In the United States, we can own multiple rifles specialized for almost any specific task. While this is very appealing if not an ideal situation, so is the idea of owning a single rifle you can do almost anything with.<\/p>\n

U.S. Marine and Gunsite<\/a> Academy founder Jeff Cooper began experimenting with carbines \u2013 short rifles \u2013 as early as the mid-1960s. His work with these reduced rifles led to his conceptualized solution to the one rifle question. Cooper\u2019s Scout Rifle concept is now often looked at as mostly a set of ridged specifications regulating the physical makeup of the firearm. What is very often overlooked is the practical application and friendliness of the rifle Cooper was trying to create.<\/p>\n

In the early 80s Jeff Cooper held a number of conferences with riflemen and others he respected. The goal was to put forth the criteria of the Scout Rifle concept Cooper had formulated around the idea of a rifle that would best suit a man working alone in the wild while operating as a military scout, hunter, or both. Though Cooper massaged the specifications over the years, his Scout Rifle could be broken down into these 10 elements.<\/p>\n