Do you own a scout rifle?

[just_shoot]

I've got a Ruger Gunsite Scout with a Vortex mount on the front and it feels great. I can get on target fast and the kick isn't bad, who else owns a scout rifle?

 

[WAYNO]

I've owned multiple Scout Rifles and still own 2. I like them for their compactness. One has a conventionally mounted scope, and the other has just an aperture sight. I have no interest in the forward-mounted scope set-up. I have also replaced the muzzle devices with just a thread protector. I wish they were not threaded at all. And I wish they both had an internal box magazine instead of a removable magazine. Everything is a compromise.

 

[lihpster]

Depends on how closely you adhere to an idea that is 60 years old or more. Lots of modern advancements have made some of the "necessary features" to be unnecessary. If you use the general idea of a light, fast handling bolt action, in a caliber sufficient, and with an optics system capable of, taking anything up to large game at 400 yards, while being easily reloaded and carried, many rifles that aren't "traditional" scout rifles actually fill the bill quite nicely.
My personal choice is the Sig Cross Trax in .308. Weight and size are within specs, caliber checks the boxes, box magazines eliminate the need for forward scope mounting and the sling attachment options are nearly endless. With the Vortex 4-16 and a muzzle brake, it's an oz. or two under eight pounds. Yes, I realize it doesn't have irons, but today's modern scopes are much more durable than those of the time.
So, is it a scout rifle? Nope. But it's close enough. If you tell me to grab a rifle and head out the door, with no idea what I might face, and more importantly, how far I have to go to face it, this is probably the rifle I'm grabbing. And wasn't that really the idea in the first place?

 

[Daven11]

I also use a scout setup. I like how easy it is to quickly get the sight aligned when I'm aiming at something.