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    Best 223 bolt action "scout-ish" rifle

    I'm looking a "scout-ish" rifle in 223/556. Scout-ish in the sense that it's light, handy, and has iron sights. Magazine fed is good. I have a CZ527 in 7.62x39 that I really like, just as a point of reference.

    Some things I have looked at on youtube:

    CZ527 in 223 (basically the same as my 527 in 7.62)
    Mossberg MVP Patrol (don't know if Mossberg makes quality stuff? how smooth is the bolt? does it work with 10 round p-mags?)
    Ruger mini scout (don't like the massive 10 round single stack mag)

    Anything else?

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    Tikka lite compact in 1/8 is a hoot, no irons tho. Shame they won't import something along the lines of the Battue Lite.

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    Put the Mossberg MVP out of your mind right now. The bolt has a FLAP that works via gravity to feed rounds from the magazine.


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    There is a gunsmith selling scout mounts and iron sights designed to be mounted on Ruger American centerfire rifles. There's a thread about them on the scout rifle.org forum

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    I'd probably go Ruger American with a sturdy LPV and not worry about irons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobM View Post
    There is a gunsmith selling scout mounts and iron sights designed to be mounted on Ruger American centerfire rifles. There's a thread about them on the scout rifle.org forum
    https://www.doveguns.com/product-pag...ag-scout-rifle
    I personally don’t like doveguns choice of iron sights and would go with something from XS, but other than that it looks like an option. Another option would be the same base rifle and add an XS mount and/or whatever irons you’d like from Skinner, XS, Williams, etc... Either way, add a good shooting sling! Andy Langlois Rhodesian and Ching slings are both excellent. If you don’t like leather or biothane, the wilderness Rhodesian is a great inexpensive nylon option too.

    Or, just send you 527 in 7.62*39 to Jim Brockman for something like this:


    http://empty-cases.com/blog/pseudo-s...really-matter/

    Skinner & NECG both make very nice receiver mounted peep sights for the 527 rifles.
    Last edited by jandbj; 03-13-2018 at 05:55 AM.

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    IMO, the CZ 527 is the best micro action out there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jandbj View Post
    ...If you don’t like leather or biothane...
    Ooooo, biothane slings. Didn't know they were a thing.

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    The Ruger plastic mags and some aftermarket mags have a much shorter footprint than the huge metal factory mag.

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    These are fun:

    https://ruger.com/products/HawkeyeSt...ets/37117.html

    If I already had a 527 in 762x39, I’d get another 527.
    Semper Paratus,

    Steve

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