Scout Rifle Scope Mega Review Part 4 

Leupold, if you're listening, replace the crappy turrets on your xv freedom and hd series. You will sell more scopes. I can buy a $100 Amazon scope with dialable and resetable turrets these days.

Some of the best Ruger Scout Video’s on RU-vid.

I purchased the Burris scout scope for my Gunsite scout in 308 and have been very happy with the results.

I bought the sightmark rapid 2-7 based on the image quality in your 2nd video in this series as an upgrade from the vortex crossfire II scout 2-7. I wasn't disappointed, the image quality is fantastic. You did a really great job capturing what to expect out of each scope in that video. As a warning to others though, if you grab the ocular bell and wiggle, you can make the reticle shift by about 1-2 MOA. I wasn't thrilled about that. I grabbed a second unit as a sanity check and it has the same issue. Not super confidence inspiring and it makes it hard to trust the scope at range. At 100 yards, the shifting is within the ballistic error of my 357, past that, it can take me clear off paper.

Great series of videos. The most comprehensive video I’ve found on RU-vid. I just purchased the Hi Lux from Midway USA for $112 (may 2024). For my mini 14 an older model without the rear mounting option.

This is fantastic. You both have done a lot of valuable work and research on the scout concept.

Welcome to review #4! Today i just bought the Savage 110 scout.

Great series of videos that provided useful information. I learned a lot of things, not just about scout scopes but scopes in general, in the last video. Thank you for the time and effort.

He’s right. You are a good shot.

Awesome I have been waiting for this video!!!!!!

Based on your discussion, I'd be really interested in a March-style dual focal plane scope with the ~6" of eye relief. Kind of similar to the discontinued Leupold 1.5-5x you mentioned. Decent crosshair and fiber-dot in the rear focal plane, some wind and elevation stadia in the first. That way your primary aiming reference is always visible, but the parts that matter "grow into" the magnification and shrink down when you're at lower power and they don't matter as much. Maybe make it a 2-8x or something. Also, thanks for posting this series. I've been looking for an optic for my 18" Ruger GSR and this has been some food for thought.

I really appreciate the work and knowledge involved in putting all this together. I’ve got the ruger gsr 16 ss and I’m planning on a scope, probably the hilux, and a red dot, probably a Holosun, but I’m leaning towards 510. Both with qr mounts. I also have a mini-14 that I’ll use the optics with also.

i love it SCOUT

A scout rifle is the only thing I don’t have that I need.

Thanks for putting out these videos. I really enjoy them, and they've helped me to have a good grasp on whats out there. Im suprised how much scout scope options have dropped off (should have gotten into them when i was first intrigued) After hitting enough issues while hunting (internal breakage and severe distortion in brush), I'd sworn off of cheap optics a while ago. If a manufacturer made a serious contender for the scout as you proposed with a mid eye relief and low profile, I would absolutely pay $1,200. In the mean time, Im at a bit of a loss. I have a 1-4 LPVO on my GSR currently, but it doesnt feel quite right. Ive considered the MPVO options, but they seem to either be lacking features, falling into the cheap optics category, or at a pricepoint that I have a hard time accepting for the role ($2k+) Whats a scout fan to do? 🤷‍♂️

I'm going to do a video about the scout rifle and you obviously know quite a bit about the subject. Are there any points that you think I should make or any thing that you really think I should mention?

Hey mom! Im in a youtube video (one of the many spotters)

Have either of you run into any low light issues with an LPVO in hunting situations?

So if you had to choose just one scout scope what would it be?

What stock do you have on your rifle? You probably have mentioned in the past but I’m lazy….😁

Ruger m77 MkII frontier would have been a better scout rifle just so you know... Personally, I prefer the Gibbs approach to doing the same thing.

Love this series!