ORIGINAL: jlbspd

This is a "new" concept to alot of people, this scout setup idea, although its been around for yrs. To me there is no faster way to get on target and get a shot off. This is the reason swat teams / military around the world have gone to such a setup. FAST TARGET Acquisition is the name of the game when your hunting shorter range and heavy cover. Try doing this with a standard rifle and a high powered scope. Example- yourdeeror whatever isin heavy cover, at close range and not sticking around for his picture to be taken.... try this- Go out and pick up your rifle, pick a target at 50-100 yrds..think of this target traveling at aSTEADY pace as if it was on a mission and its in heavy cover. Now see how fast you can get your "high" powered scope with short eye relief on that target and pull a shot while its moving, before it would disappear. Some can do it, some think they can do it and others better not think about it at all LOL... It will be accepted by some and not others. It takes practice. The beauty of this is you hunt with both eyes open, another adopted training method of law enforcement special teams. This allows you to see everything else while staying on your target. Also, something ive found out is you can take a scout rifle or any rifle for that matter, fling it around, pretend going thru the motions, you then can take the scope of choice, peek thru it pretending its on the gun.... but it doesnt all come together until you mate the two together...then its true beauty...my opinions though

ORIGINAL: jlbspd

Well, remember we all have our likes and dislikes. Thats what makes this such a great place...we can exchange info, experiences and such, take what we like and apply it. As for opened eyed high power scopes...you are absolutely right but unfortunately bad habits are hard to break and passed down bad advice is even harder to forget lol. Many people are not able or willing to learn the open eye technic. Its very difficult to use high power and only your dominant eye, but i agree with you eldequello. As for the cumbersome comment....i have to disagreei find the forward mounting of a scope is much for user friendly. It puts the scope out in front allowing you a clear instant target acquisition with eye closed or open, moves it away to prevent forehead / scope contact upon fire resulting in a bandaide and some Advil lol..., it allows for easy viewing & access for internal inspection, as for low light, i have found no difference between a scout setup and a standard setup. Feild of view is normally different but then again, with both eyes open its not really an issue. Im a supporter of this setup gosh dangit! HEHEHEEEE how ever you do it, what ever you use, do it well and do it right!

Everyone said it pretty well. On my Marlin 1895G, I use a scout system with XS mounts along with a Leupold 2.5 scout scope with Leupold QR rings. For open sights I use the XS Ghost ring set-up with the small appature. It takes some time to get used to using a scout system, but I love it and wouldn't trade it. The advantage of using QR rings is you can remove the scope if you need to use your iron sights and when the scope is reinstalled it will shoot within an inch of where it was sighted in at. This is a great set up for dangerous game and I can tell ya first hand it works.