r/canadaguns • u/Busy-Mammoth4540 • Aug 16 '26

Buy recommendations Scout rifle optics question

Found a Ruger Gunsite scout in .308 and am interested in throwing a holographic optic with a magnifier. I understand that the eye relief isn’t long enough for the traditional scout mount location. I’m not too interested in using stripper clips so I am okay with extending the mounting rail over the action. Just wondering if it has been done before or is worth doing? I know scout rifles can be a bit of a contentious issue but with the direction gun legislation is going I figure a bolt action short to midrange hunting rifle would be good. And I think holographic are cool but I don’t have much experience with them. Is it worth it or tacky?

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u/preferablyoutside Aug 16 '26

Get the XS sight systems rail, and to be honest with the way the world has moved an LPVO is more suitable to a scout application than the Scout scope of yesteryear. They’re a great hunting rifle

Be prepared to get downvoted by the inside kids as they hate anything that isn’t a 26” barreled tikka.

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u/He4vyD00dy Aug 17 '26

This is the way I did it and it’s sick