Scoute Arms

[trogers861]

I was surprised nothing came up in the search.

Been eyeballing the hyperlite chassis rifle as well as a revanant pistol.

Anyone have any experience?

 

[RobertLosekamp]

Never heard of them, checked out their site. $6-7k for a hunting rifle? Not in a million years even if I could afford it lol.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

a 2600 glock 20 is beyond ridiculous. rifles use a R700 style trigger, which is a dealbreaker.

 

[NSI]

Christ almighty, they're dropping an r700 clone into a grayboe stock and tripling the price. This is perhaps the worst example of gun plumbing being called custom I've seen. Run don't walk. If you want a custom r700 go to Snowy Mountain or Alamo or Allterra or UM or Gunwerks and buy something decent.

-J

 

[trogers861]

Definitely pricey. Kind of up there with all the other custom builders in the $5k-$8k range. But I know nothing about Scoute and quality of their builds (hence why posting here) so I can't speak to gun plumbing vs actual gun smithing. I guess I am also a newb to custom rifle builds so I couldn't tell you the difference between what Scoute is doing and what UM does. Looks like many of the UM rifles have R700 style triggers as well.

I believe it is an MDT Chassis on the Scoute rifle, BTW:

HNT26 Chassis System

The first purpose-built hunting chassis from MDT. Weighing in starting at 26oz (for chassis stock, buttstock, forend and pistol grip combined), this is the most ultra-light hunting rifle chassis on the market.

mdttac.com

Their Glock price is right up there with the likes of Agency and other custom glock builders.

 

[NSI]

@trogers861 , there are smiths of exceptional quality who have hard-earned reputations that underwrite their markups. I named several for you. Another brand charging the same amount of money does not move them into their league, just as the chances of Scoute knowing as much about the intricacies of Glock building as Agency are slim to none.

When one makes the decision to go with a lesser known quantity, generally one expects to be rewarded in innovation, price, or lead time. I don't see compelling evidence here that Scoute should be the recipient of your hard-earned dollars.

-J

 

[trogers861]

@trogers861 , there are smiths of exceptional quality who have hard-earned reputations that underwrite their markups. I named several for you. Another brand charging the same amount of money does not move them into their league, just as the chances of Scoute knowing as much about the intricacies of Glock building as Agency are slim to none.

When one makes the decision to go with a lesser known quantity, generally one expects to be rewarded in innovation, price, or lead time. I don't see compelling evidence here that Scoute should be the recipient of your hard-earned dollars.

-J

Thanks for the feedback. You no doubt have much more experience in this arena than I do, so I appreciate your comments.

 

[MT_Wyatt]

Christ almighty, they're dropping an r700 clone into a grayboe stock and tripling the price. This is perhaps the worst example of gun plumbing being called custom I've seen. Run don't walk. If you want a custom r700 go to Snowy Mountain or Alamo or Allterra or UM or Gunwerks and buy something decent.

-J

It looks like they do some in-house machining, and the action is one of their own design? Do you know if that action is just re-branding of something?

I mean I'm all for the builders you list, and there's some great smiths here in MT, but not sure it is fair to call them "gun plumbers" when they are obvoiusly doing what appears to be some legit in-house machine work. Now if they are doing the "me too" thing by all means, and I'm not a fan of those stocks.....

I'd look hard at a Nexus in the over $5K range, and would inherantly trust Gwerks etc a lot more, so I do not disagree with the sentiment.

 

[Reburn]

doesn't list action make.
doesn't list carbon barrel make.
I think this guy used to be called TYR arms and make the Ti pistol grips for XLR.
I dont know what happened or nor will I speculate but when the names change for the same guy it makes me leary and requires more investigation.

 

[trogers861]

doesn't list action make.
doesn't list carbon barrel make.
I think this guy used to be called TYR arms and make the Ti pistol grips for XLR.
I dont know what happened or nor will I speculate but when the names change for the same guy it makes me leary and requires more investigation.

For curiousity sake, I emailed him and asked if the action is in house or rebranded and what the make of the barrel is. I do obviously see the chassis system is an MDT and he is using triggertech diamond triggers.

 

[trogers861]

Here is your answers:

1. What is the make/model of the barrel? SCOUTE-Carbon Six
2. Is the bolt/action machined in house? Or rebranded? SCOUTE-co design but machined at a supplier with our brand name/logo.
3. What rings do you use? SCOUTE-we mainly use Hawkins but can use anything you require.