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08 October 2015, 05:15
mightymouse
Scout Rifle!
I've almost finished my take on Jeff Cooper's scout rifle concept. Here is a Spanish FR-8 Mauser in 7.62 x 51mm, in a Hogue synthetic stock, with a Timney trigger, an XS scout scope rail and a Leupold 2.5 x 28mm scout scope. I hope to get her to the range this weekend.

08 October 2015, 07:39
richj
very nice setup
09 October 2015, 01:58
p dog shooter
I have a 03 in 06 and a 95 in 7mm using the same mount works well.
09 October 2015, 22:37
bartsche
tu2 beer roger


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16 October 2015, 03:10
TCLouis
I like that!

Keep hoping a FR8 will drop into my safe



Don't limit your challenges . . .
Challenge your limits


18 October 2015, 08:18
A.J. Hydell
Very nice!

Now, if you just chopped the barrel an inch or two and had it threaded for a can, you'd be way ahead in the pseudo-Scout rifle competition. tu2
19 October 2015, 00:12
mightymouse
quote:
Originally posted by A.J. Hydell:
Very nice!

Now, if you just chopped the barrel an inch or two and had it threaded for a can, you'd be way ahead in the pseudo-Scout rifle competition. tu2

Unscrew the flash hider and screw on a can with 15mm x 1 threads (same as the HK-91/G3 series of rifles)--it couldn't be much simpler than that. No plans for a suppressor, though.
27 October 2015, 03:44
A.J. Hydell
Without a can, ... what's the point?


All The Best ...
28 October 2015, 03:46
mightymouse
quote:
Originally posted by A.J. Hydell:
Without a can, ... what's the point?

It shoots okay without one. Five rounds at 100 yards, from the bench:

29 October 2015, 16:15
p dog shooter
That groups should be min of deer for a couple hundred of yards Big Grin
02 November 2015, 19:07
Andre Mertens
Mine looks about the same with a :
- WWII K98 action
- 9,3x62 Delcour barrel
- Leupold 2X EEE
- modified Burris mount
- Ching sling



André
DRSS
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3 shots do not make a group, they show a point of aim or impact.
5 shots are a group.
03 November 2015, 05:19
richj
two older projects, the wood stocks are gone.

Yugo and Swed, the maple stock was very lightweight


03 November 2015, 20:58
bartsche
quote:
Originally posted by richj:
two older projects, the wood stocks are gone.

Yugo and Swed, the maple stock was very lightweight



old I like your style. tu2 Are they in the original Military cartridges ?
beer roger


Old age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone..
03 November 2015, 23:23
richj
original 8mm and 6.5swed
16 January 2016, 07:06
Nick Adams
Wow, very nice Scout there.