TruthTellers
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Now that I know Savage's rebate offer for their .308 Scout is genuine, it lowers the price of the rifle to about $475 right in the same ballpark price the Ruger Predator is.
I've been wanting a .308 bolt gun for a long time and I think that time to get it is now, but which one would between the two would be best for me to buy?
My use will mostly be a long range plinking and target shooting rifle. Not for competition, just for fun and to see how good I can get at longer range shooting. Also plan to use this in the event we have a nuclear war with North Korea.
I do plan to handload the .308.
What I like about the Savage Scout is that it has factory installed iron sights and the rear sight is installed about as far back as possible, thus increasing the sight radius way more than the Savage Hog Hunter.
Ruger American doesn't have iron sights.
The Savage Scout also has a cheek riser installed in case I want to put a long eye relief scope on it. I've never shot a rifle with a scope mounted so far away from my eye, so I don't know how much I'd use that cheek riser, but it's nice it's there.
The Ruger American doesn't have that either.
So, what do you gentleman think about the two rifles and which one is better?
I've been wanting a .308 bolt gun for a long time and I think that time to get it is now, but which one would between the two would be best for me to buy?
My use will mostly be a long range plinking and target shooting rifle. Not for competition, just for fun and to see how good I can get at longer range shooting. Also plan to use this in the event we have a nuclear war with North Korea.
I do plan to handload the .308.
What I like about the Savage Scout is that it has factory installed iron sights and the rear sight is installed about as far back as possible, thus increasing the sight radius way more than the Savage Hog Hunter.
Ruger American doesn't have iron sights.
The Savage Scout also has a cheek riser installed in case I want to put a long eye relief scope on it. I've never shot a rifle with a scope mounted so far away from my eye, so I don't know how much I'd use that cheek riser, but it's nice it's there.
The Ruger American doesn't have that either.
So, what do you gentleman think about the two rifles and which one is better?