I could not be happier with mine. I bought a Ruger Gunsite SS in 450 Bushmaster. Mine is a Talo Edition, so it came with the tan stock. The main purpose was for the gun to be a weather and corrosion resistant setup for coastal regions and mainly for boar hunting and maybe Alaska hiking. I got it about 3 years ago and just had it NIB until I needed to use it for that purpose. That purpose arrived as I have a week long hog hunt on Cumberland Island starting tomorrow. I have a 12' Zodiac inflatable adventure boat, so I'll be beaching it at many different locations on the island to test out an array huntings spots. I'm going to get bombarded by waves, and though I have 40" duffle drybag the rifles are inevitably going to get seawater/salt on the guns. I put Eezox on everything, but I'll still clean everything and reapply as much as possible.
In preparation for the hunt, I bought and outfitted the Ruger with a Burris Scout scope with Warne low mount rings. It is a perfect combo with 11" of eye relief. Pretty much over double the eye relief as the other "scout" scopes. The only other option was a Leopold, but they no longer make it as of two years ago, so you have to find a used one. The Burris is fantastic though. Very clear picture. Eye relief range is 8.5-11" and I have mine positioned to around 10". It is incredibly accurate. It took me by surprise how accurate it is. I sighted it in last weekend and it is more accurate than most rifles and I own a lot. I don't know if its the Ruger or the 450 cartridge, but it punches one hole at 100 yards. The GF is also coming on the island hog hunt with me so put together a similar corrosion resistant rifle that she can handle. A 16" tactical edition mini-14 in SS with a tan Hogue stock. Long story short, if I was in the market for a 308 scout rifle, I'd get the same SS gun but with a walnut stock. Finding one of the Tan Talo editions would be tough to find, so I'd get the walnut one and swap over a Hogue stock for situations like this island hog gun.
In preparation for the hunt, I bought and outfitted the Ruger with a Burris Scout scope with Warne low mount rings. It is a perfect combo with 11" of eye relief. Pretty much over double the eye relief as the other "scout" scopes. The only other option was a Leopold, but they no longer make it as of two years ago, so you have to find a used one. The Burris is fantastic though. Very clear picture. Eye relief range is 8.5-11" and I have mine positioned to around 10". It is incredibly accurate. It took me by surprise how accurate it is. I sighted it in last weekend and it is more accurate than most rifles and I own a lot. I don't know if its the Ruger or the 450 cartridge, but it punches one hole at 100 yards. The GF is also coming on the island hog hunt with me so put together a similar corrosion resistant rifle that she can handle. A 16" tactical edition mini-14 in SS with a tan Hogue stock. Long story short, if I was in the market for a 308 scout rifle, I'd get the same SS gun but with a walnut stock. Finding one of the Tan Talo editions would be tough to find, so I'd get the walnut one and swap over a Hogue stock for situations like this island hog gun.
