My mind is made up because of experience.
As is mine. It appears mine is a little broader and deeper, in respect to the Scouts.
I love that expression "Cobbled together". It is usually used by people that have never done anything remotely involving hand skills or mechanical aptitude.
I have no idea as to your skills, so it still fits, until proven otherwise. Lots of stuff out there that people have bubba'd, and are very proud of, that fit the bill, just look around here at some of the pics posted.
Have you no idea what an Arisaka stock looks like?
Yup, I do. Never saw a take down Arisaka though. How about some pics?
The whole argument here is that you have an advantage with a scout style rifle, not that you have to get used to it.
Anytime you try something new, you need some time with it, "to get used to it". Doesnt matter what it is. At least its always worked that way for me. I adapted to the Scout concept pretty quickly, as it was like using the iron sighted rifles I preferred, and the scope was just an extension of that. Im not locked into Coopers rules on this, and prefer to use the Bruce Lee philosophy towards things, and take and use whats useful to me. While a properly installed forward mounted scope works well for me, I much prefer a red dot in the same spot for most working/reactive type long guns.
I see the advantage to them, you obviously, do not. And thats fine.
I have no idea what R&R'd means.
Being a "Gunplummer" or just someone with average gun experience with todays accessories, I would have thought you would know this. R&R's means "removed and replaced", and in this case, with no loss of zero.
I would think that being unable to unload the "only one gun" rifle should tell you something.
Not really, especially here. Ive tried to sell other things, mostly military, and they sat as well. A lot often depends on location. Gun Broker has changed that too. Its a lot easier to sell to people who are looking for what you have, and have the money as well.
Up until Obama got in, much, if not most of what you saw in the racks around here, were just pretty generic Walmart/K Mart type stuff, and a lot of it in not the greatest shape. Lots of cheap, lower grade handguns as well. Why buy a SIG, when you can buy a Hi Point or Jimenez? Same goes for the rifles and shotguns. That kind of mentality. Some of that has changed since Obama, and the scares in between, but for the most part, its still the same.
As with anything, the people who are really into it, are the ones who have the more exotic stuff, and understand why the good stuff, costs more. They are also the ones you usually run into at the range, who shoot a lot. Most of the others, you only see around for a couple of minutes, in the next month or so, with the same box of ammo they had last year.
The whole concept of a cantilever base is to keep the scope on the barrel but try to bring it back over the receiver. Like all T/D guns, if the sighting system is on the barrel, it will retain zero.
I understand the cantilevered concept, just never saw it on a rifle, other than the cantilevered red dot mounts, that were mounted to the receiver, so you can get some more forward relief.
Like the better R&R mounts, I suppose the quality of the gun also has a lot to do with the repetitive return to zero.