True that Scout scopes are Intermediate Eye Relief and pistol scopes Long Eeye Relief, but I have had no trouble using pistol scopes on a couple of home-made poor man's scouts. Only problem I had was putting a B-Square "Scout" scope mount on a Gibbs Lee Enfield "Jungle Carbine" in .308. Mount replaces rear sight, but puts scope so damn high above the barrel you can only get a "chin weld" even with a Monte Carlo synthetic stock.
Advanced Technology Inc, sold through Centerfire Systems, now makes a two-piece synthetic stock for large-ring Mausers that (on the outside anyway) looks just like a Steyr Scout stock but without that spiffy folding integral bipod or spare mag well in the butt, and has a Weaver rail about a foot long all along the top of the handguard. Works great for me with a $50 from midway BSA 2x pistol scope, but could be lighter. I built my own scout mount from 1-inch alum conduit & a 10/22 Weaver rail for my cut-down Springfield 03-A3, with no eye relief problems with a $50 Simmons 2x, and have been doing great with the set-up on deer and antelope for 2 seasons now.
