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The History of Sturm, Ruger & Co.

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., more commonly known as Ruger, is an American firearm manufacturing company headquartered in Southport, Connecticut. Founded in 1949 by Alexander McCormick Sturm and William B. Ruger in a rented machine shop in Connecticut, the company has since become one of the largest firearm manufacturers in the world - shadowed only by Remington and perhaps Smith & Wesson.

Ruger is widely recognized for producing firearms that span a broad spectrum of uses such as bolt-action rifles and pistols, semi-automatic rifles, single-shot rifles, shotguns, and revolvers. As recognition of its quality products grew so did the public’s interest in investing in the company’s shares. Ruger went public in 1969 and grew exponentially since then, and it is on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:RGR) since 1990.

In 2020, Ruger made another big move with their acquisition of Marlin Firearms from Remington Outdoor Company.

For decades now both newbie and seasoned shooters have been consistently trusting Ruger’s guns for their excellent accuracy and superior long-term performance as evidenced by its continued success over all these years.

Today, Ruger’s most popular products include the Ruger 10/22 semiautomatic rifle, the .22 rimfire semi-automatic pistol Ruger MK IV, the bolt-action Ruger American rifle, the tried and tested Ruger No.1, and, of course, the timeless Ruger Security-Six revolvers.

Ruger Scout Rifle Review

Ruger Scout Rifle, chambered for .308 Win.

Figure 1: Synthetic stock Ruger Scout Rifle in .308 Winchester (Source: Ruger)

Ruger Scout Rifle “the one rifle to have if you could have only one”, as Ruger puts it, is your typical scout rifle with a touch of the Ruger M77 feel to it.

It has a forward-mounted Picatinny rail and a built-in sighting system with an adjustable ghost ring rear aperture. The latter can be removed if needed and the standard Ruger rings can be mounted instead.

The action is of the controlled feed style. It is based on the Mauser-type controlled round feed extractor, which seemingly remains some sort of an idol for Ruger rifles to this day. The stainless-steel bolt runs and operates smoothly. It has a rounded bolt handle and two opposing locking lugs.

As mentioned above, the standard Ruger rings can be mounted on the receiver since just like other Ruger rifles, Ruger Scout Rifle, too, has an integral scope mounting system machined directly on the solid-steel receiver. The rings are usually included when the rifle is purchased.

The barrel is free-floating and is cold hammer-forged. The length varies depending on the variant, and it ranges from 409 mm to 475 mm (16.10 and 18.70 inches, respectively). The stock material also depends on the variant. The base model of the rifle came with a durable laminate stock, but synthetic and even American walnut options soon followed. The rifle can also be fitted for different-sized shooters since three spacers are included to make the best use of the soft-rubber buttpad.

The safety of the rifle is ensured by the three-position winged safety on the right side of the action, behind the bolt handle. The safety wing is easy to operate, and its accessibility is especially welcome on the “all-purpose” rifle.

Of course, the box magazine is detachable and has a capacity for up to 10 rounds. It is detached with the push of the trigger guard-mounted mag release revel. As with the M77 model, the trigger of the Ruger Scout Rifle is also standard. The rifle doesn’t feature the Ruger Marksman Adjustable^TM trigger, which is a shame, but understandable for a scout rifle that must stay true to a certain level of pedigree, at least to some extent.

Ruger Scout Rifle Calibers

According to Colonel Jeff Cooper’s guidelines, a proper scout rifle should be chambered for a .308 Winchester. Well, as the years passed, manufacturers started increasingly interpreting these guidelines in their own way. Today, there are just as many different scout rifles as there are gun manufacturers, and one thing is for sure: Cooper’s .308 Winchester guideline is at least to some extent forgotten. While the majority of rifle manufacturers still offer scout rifles chambered in .308, they usually also offer variants that deviate from this rule.

The same goes for the Ruger Scout Rifle, which can be chambered for:

.308 Win.
.350 Legend
.450 Bushmaster

Ruger Scout Rifle Variants

There are several Ruger Scout Rifle variants available, usually differentiating only by stock material or chambering. As with the other Ruger rifles, these variants are only separated by different model numbers, except for the distributor exclusives, which are named after the distributors.

Ruger Scout Rifle receiver

Figure 2: The forward-mounted Picatinny rail on the Ruger Scout Rifle

Scope Mounts Interchangeable with Ruger Scout Rifle

Rifles That Have One-Piece Scope Mounts Interchangeable with Ruger Scout Rifle

The necessary condition for rifles to have one-piece scope mounts interchangeable is that the mounting surfaces of these rifles match in every dimension.

Therefore, all rifles that come with a Picatinny rail will have one-piece scope mounts interchangeable with Ruger Scout Rifle.

Rifles That Have Two-Piece Scope Mounts Interchangeable with Ruger Scout Rifle

There’s a similar situation with two-piece scope mounts. Any rifle that has a Picatinny rail mounted on its mounting surface will have two-piece scope mounts interchangeable with Ruger Scout Rifle, too.

Best Scope Mounts for Ruger Scout Rifle

Fixed Scope Mounts for Ruger Scout Rifle

We would recommend these 30 mm Optik Arms rings if you are looking for a quality fixed scope-mounting solution. They are made of steel and come with a 10-year warranty:

Detachable Repeatable Scope Mounts for Ruger Scout Rifle

The great thing about detachable repeatable scope mounts is that you can easily detach and re-attach your optics without any tools while retaining zero the whole time. This is why some rifle owners are prepared to pay top dollar for these mounts.

We recommend the EAW QD Roll-off Mount for Picatinny, 30 mm for your Ruger Scout Rifle. It is made of still, is manufactured in Germany, and has a 30-year warranty:

Scope Mounts for the Ruger Integral Scope Mounting System

As mentioned above, you can choose to ignore the forward-mounted Picatinny rail and instead mount a more standard scope mount on the Ruger Scout Rifle, since it also has the Ruger system machined into the receiver.

If you are looking for scope mounts to mount on the Ruger integral receiver, you can view Scope Mounts for Ruger M77 (SA). These mounts will fit on the Ruger Scout Rifle.

Help Us Build Our Riflescope Mounts Database

If you happen to own this or any other rifle, we would appreciate it if you could help us expand our database by sending us some photos of the rifle receiver (the bare mounting surface of the rifle without the mounts installed). For your help, our company offers a fair return in terms of practical rewards.

Please send us an email for more information. You can contact us here: info@optics-trade.eu

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There are two terms found for similar thing: quick release scope mounts and quick detach scope mounts. Term quick release scope mounts is used mostly in Europe and quick detach scope mounts is used mainly in USA, although they mean the same thing. With these terms we describe a scope mount that can be quickly removed from the rifle in the field without using any tools and quickly attached back on the rifle when needed.

Main advantages:

possibility to use multiple scopes on the rifle,
easy transportation of the scope and the rifle separately,
if scope fails, it is possible to immediately detach it and use iron sights.

FIXED vs DETACHABLE scope mounts

Fixed scope mounts are mounted to the rifle with screws and sometimes even with glue. This means that it is impossible to attach or detach the scope mount using bare hands without using tools. It also means that they are not meant for constantly being attached on or detached off the rifle. Once you screw the mount on the rifle, it normally stays there for a longer period of use.

Detachable scope mounts offer possibility to attach or detach them without using any tools. This is extremely handy while transporting the rifle and the scope separately and it also offers multiple solutions of different optics on the same rifle. Detachable scope mounts can be attached or detached from the rifle in a matter of seconds, using bare hands.

Fixed Mount

Fixed Mount

DETACHABLE vs REPEATABLE scope mounts

It is important to know and understand expressions “detachable” and “repeatable” while talking about scope mounts. Term detachable scope mounts implies scope mounts that can be quickly attached or detached without using any tools. However, when you detach this kind of mount and attach it back on the rifle, it is recommended to zero the rifle before using it again. Procedure of detaching and again attaching the mount will probably need a sighting in before next shooting, because mount will not be secured on the rifle in the perfectly same position and conditions as it was before detaching it off the rifle.

On the contrary, repeatable scope mounts are most sophisticated mounts. These scope mounts are also detachable, however – they provide removing scope from the rifle and attaching it back again without zeroing the rifle every time. This means that they are made more precisely and that they are offering a possibility of using different optical sights / scope on the same rifle. These mounts are ideal for hunters who can use optical and iron sights interchangeably, depending on the needs in different situations. With the repeatable scope mounts, it is useful to keep them oiled as well as the upper part of the rifle, so that repeatability is more ensured. With a touch of oil, the repeatability might be better, because parts of the mount will always return to their previous locations.

Different types of repeatable scope mounts:

Pivot mounts,
Dentler mounts,
Picatinny repeatable mounts,
12 mm dovetail repeatable mounts (for break barrel rifles, such as Steyr Duett, Blaser B750, Fair Combi, Fair SLX 800, Bettinsoli rifles, etc.),
Original repeatable mounts, made by manufacturers of rifles for their rifles (Blaser mount, Sauer SUM mount, Mauser M03 mount, Steyr Monoblock mount, etc.).

Repeatable Mount

Repeatable Mount

TIP OFF / ROLL OFF vs SLIDE ON mounts

Nowadays, there are a whole lot of different possibilities, made for attaching riflescopes on the rifles. There are also a lot of different expressions, having the same meaning. It is good to know that tip off and roll off mounts are basically the same thing. They represent quick release scope mounts for dovetails and rails which can be rolled or tipped off the rail vertically to the side of the rail. On the contrary, there are also slide on mounts available on the market. They represent quick release scope mounts that can be slided on or off the rail or dovetail from front or rear side of the rail / dovetail. All of these expressions are mainly used for separate rings that can be attached to the rails / dovetails. As far as functioning the rifle, it does not matter which one of these mounts you choose – tip / roll off or slide on mounts. If they are installed correctly, they are all going to work. However, the main difference between them is the principle of attaching them on rails on dovetails.

Slide On Mount vs. Roll Off Mount

Slide On Mount vs. Roll Off Mount

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