Think twice before you commit a lot of money to the scout concept. I've had several that wanted that,then later went back to conventional style after the newness wore off.
ORIGINAL: wjyarkiell
Get a 270 winchester in a Ruger Hawkeye. Take it to a gunsmith and have them put a forward mounted scope mount on it and get a longer eye relief scope and you will have the ultimate do-all rifle. thats hopefully in the foreseeable future for me.