Originally Posted by
SteveB
I have rediscovered the Steyr Scout. I had one of the originals, in .308, back in the early 2000’s, and was underwhelmed at the time being a Model 70 fanboy. I spent some time and money messing around with the scout concept in custom rifles before giving up on the idea of a forward-mounted scope. Now in Florida, I’m a fan of the 6.5CM and really like my Barrett Fieldcraft. For a general-purpose, light, short, swamp-resistant bolt rifle, though, I’d like the option of more bullets. So when I saw a 6.5 Steyr with significant improvements over the original, better bolt handle, threaded barrel, same great action and trigger, I thought I’d give it another try. I installed the 10-round mag kit, so, loaded up, 21 rounds on the gun with the extra mag in the buttstock. I tried a bunch of 6.5CM ammo, it likes Hornady Full Boar 120 grain GMX at 2778 fps. 5 rounds into .5 inch at 100 yards. I’ve never liked the Millet flush sling swivel system as I had one fail on me once, so I replaced them with push-button swivels; I’ll stick a post in Gunsmithing with a how-to-do it. Pretty happy with this one.