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Conference Synopsis
The After Action Report of the Gunsite Scout Rifle Conference.

The Scout Rifle is one of the

Day one started the course with

ger, Mossberg and Jim Brockman

those that know Gunsite classes.

most misunderstood rifles ever

a thorough safety briefing, in-

were there. A sole Savage was

We touched on the basics, ap-

created. Jeff Cooper gave us the

troduction to the staff and each

there being shot by firearms in-

plied them to our rifles then shot,

specifications and many shooters

other and the purpose of the

structor/trainer James Yeager.

and shot, then shot some more.

don’t seem to understand the

conference. We then went to the

synergy of the Scout Rifle specs

range to zero our rifles. A GREAT

I could do a shot by shot analy-

when put together correctly.

start to this get together.

sis of the course, but I shan’t. We

We were all shooting some sort

Richard Mann realized this, and

300++ rounds for me.

shot from 25 to 100 yards on a

of Scout/General Purpose Rifle.

organized the Scout Rifle Confer-

The class was made up of “nor-

square range and we did some

Most had optics (a three gunner

ence at Gunsite in July of 2016;

mal” rifle students with previous

field work out to 200++ yards

was shooting irons!), A couple of

3+ days of instruction, conversa-

Gunsite instruction, gun writers,

(unknown distances on the tar-

conventional scopes were seen

tion and shooting of Scouts.

a few accessory manufacturers

gets). The best way to describe

throughout the class and a cou-

and some rifle makers. Steyr, Ru-

this course was a mini-270 for

ple of red dots as well (mine).

Action shot of Nick Rukivina (sp?)

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