The Machaira. That's what you get.
I'm well aware that this is nothing revolutionary, but I thought I'd post this here in case others are looking in the same direction. I've been a scout rifle aficionado for 30+ years. I've hunted with them, trained with them and have a lot of time in the field with them. The last several years though have made me question some things about them. It isn't that they are not excellent for their intended role, but the intended role was as a "general purpose" rifle. When Cooper came up with the concept, "general purpose" really meant up to about 300 yards. Beyond that was the realm of the specialist.
Since the advent of the laser range finder, the long range community has exploded and made long range shooting a possibility for the common man. That really changes the meaning of "general purpose" in a way that leaves the scout rifle in the dust.
I've been on a quest to figure out how to take what is so attractive about the scout rifle and apply lessons learned from the long range community and blend them into a single platform that meets a more modern idea of general purpose.
Rather than just take a lightweight rifle and throw a long range precision scope on it, I wanted to make sure the end result could match up to the short range benefits of the scout. To test that, I ran the three scout rifle drills that Cooper used to evaluate riflemen in his Rifle 270 class. If I could pass those tests and successfully engage targets out to 1000 yards, I'd say it meets the definition of "general purpose" rifle.
I adopted the name "Machaira" from an article on the web site of the Bang Steel shooting school. They approached it a little different but ended up in largely the same place I did. Here's their article: http://www.bangsteel.com/philosophy....html
Here's the video of the idea and the tests:
I'll be putting out more videos on the details over the coming weeks.
I'm well aware that this is nothing revolutionary, but I thought I'd post this here in case others are looking in the same direction. I've been a scout rifle aficionado for 30+ years. I've hunted with them, trained with them and have a lot of time in the field with them. The last several years though have made me question some things about them. It isn't that they are not excellent for their intended role, but the intended role was as a "general purpose" rifle. When Cooper came up with the concept, "general purpose" really meant up to about 300 yards. Beyond that was the realm of the specialist.
Since the advent of the laser range finder, the long range community has exploded and made long range shooting a possibility for the common man. That really changes the meaning of "general purpose" in a way that leaves the scout rifle in the dust.
I've been on a quest to figure out how to take what is so attractive about the scout rifle and apply lessons learned from the long range community and blend them into a single platform that meets a more modern idea of general purpose.
Rather than just take a lightweight rifle and throw a long range precision scope on it, I wanted to make sure the end result could match up to the short range benefits of the scout. To test that, I ran the three scout rifle drills that Cooper used to evaluate riflemen in his Rifle 270 class. If I could pass those tests and successfully engage targets out to 1000 yards, I'd say it meets the definition of "general purpose" rifle.
I adopted the name "Machaira" from an article on the web site of the Bang Steel shooting school. They approached it a little different but ended up in largely the same place I did. Here's their article: http://www.bangsteel.com/philosophy....html
Here's the video of the idea and the tests:
I'll be putting out more videos on the details over the coming weeks.
