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Ruger Introduces Gunsite Scout Rifle [/size][table][tr][td] [table][tr][td][table][tr][td] [/td][/tr][/table] Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) is proud to announce the Ruger® Gunsite Scout Rifle, the ideal "fighting carbine" in .308 Winchester that is a credible rendition of Col. Jeff Cooper's Scout Rifle concept. Cooper called for a relatively lightweight, hard hitting, do-all rifle that in the hands of an accomplished shooter was able to place accurate, sustained fire out to long ranges, yet was quick-handling and light enough for all-day carry. Developed in conjunction with Gunsite instructor Ed Head, the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle is a new platform in the Ruger M77® family. While the Scout Rifle has M77 features such as controlled round feed and integral scope mounts (scope rings included), the 10-round detachable box magazine is the first clue this isn't your grandfather's Ruger rifle. "Ruger has taken an in depth look at the intended purpose of a Scout Rifle and developed a full-featured rifle designed to meet the Scout Rifle criteria of hunt, fight, defend," says Head. "This firearm offers outstanding features in an affordable, versatile and reliable rifle designed to deliver .308 Winchester performance in a variety of situations. It is compact, lightweight, offers 10-round box magazines, can be fit to the individual shooter, and accommodates a host of optics. It is a serious rifle for those serious about rifles." A Mini-14/SR-556® flash suppressor is effective on reducing the muzzle flash that may be present on some .308 Winchester loads when fired out of the short (16.5") barrel. The 5/8-24 muzzle threads allow most standard .30 caliber muzzle accessories - flash suppressors, muzzle brakes, and sound suppressors - to be installed.The Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle has a 16.5" medium contour, cold hammer-forged, alloy steel barrel with a Mini-14® protected non-glare post front sight and receiver mounted, adjustable ghost ring rear sight for out-of-the-box usability. A forward mounted Picatinny rail offers options in mounting an assortment of optics - including Scout Scopes available from Burris® and Leupold®, for "both eyes open" sighting and super-fast target acquisition. The Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle features a matte black oxide alloy steel barrel and receiver on a black laminate stock with sling swivel studs and checkered grip and forearm. A soft rubber recoil pad, with three 1/2" spacers allows the length of pull to be adjusted and allow the rifle to be properly sized for different shooters, or to give the shooter the proper fit with outerwear or defensive gear of varying thickness. With its compact size and weighing in at just under seven pounds, the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle combines ease of carry and shooting for the serious Scout Rifle enthusiast. The rifle's trigger guard and magazine well are formed with glass-reinforced nylon. The magazine release is a push-forward Mini-14 paddle just ahead of the trigger guard. "Gunsite Scout Rifle" is engraved on the grip cap of the laminated, weather resistant stock, and the receiver is roll-marked "Ruger Gunsite Scout", commemorating the collaboration of Ruger with Gunsite Academy, America's oldest private firearms training facility. As they say, beware the man with one gun, for he probably knows how to use it. Never has this been more true than with the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle, the one rifle to have if you could only have one. It is the perfect lightweight, hard-hitting, do-it-all bolt-action rifle - where rugged, reliable Ruger meets the practical, tactical. For more information on the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle, or to learn more about the extensive award winning line of Ruger firearms, visit www.Ruger.com. To find accessories for the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle or other Ruger firearms, visit www.ShopRuger.com. [/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table]

Think about how much smaller your carbon foot print will be too!

He's busy counting the millions he's made with his global warming scam.

Was this 7mm Mag a Remington 700 by any chance?

Just had some this weekend. Browned it in vegetable oil then added onions and browned it all till crisp. Mixed some mushroom soup, dry sherry, garlic salt and a 4 oz can of cut up mushrooms. Added all that to the meat, stirred and simmered for 1 hour. While that was cooking, made a pot of rice to put it on top of. It was great! Had enough for leftovers the next day. They were even better! To me it tastes like pork with a venison like gamey flavor.

Why would anybody want to work for Cuomo?? Is he an anti-gun Left Wing Liberal? Mr. Duffy also shares Mr. Cuomo’s blend of centrist fiscal philosophy and left-leaning social views: both men are Catholics who support same-sex marriage and abortion rights.

I believe the best scope value on the market today is the Redfield Revolution. You can get it in 3x9-40mm for around $150. It is made by Leupold and comes with the exact same FULL lifetime warranty. If anything happens to it, they will replace it, as long as you send the broken one back. They also sell it with the Accu-Range reticle. I own one that is mounted on a .308 Steyr-SSG. This is one of the worlds most accurate rifles and this scope is providing all of the accuracy the original Khales scope was providing. Perfectly clear optics, great low light image, matte finish and totally reliable. Check it out here. http://www.redfield.com/_media/downloads/Revolution_3-9x40mm.pdf

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That's very true. Never said the guy was guilty. But this event seems to be a case of someone leaving a gun and ammo unsecured, while leaving children alone with access to it, and a young boy got killed because of it. Maybe the jurors will find him not guilty, but he will be out tens of thousands in legal fees and still face a civil suit. The OJ Simpson case was a classic example of a not guilty verdict that still got a big win in a civil suit. What I am trying to point out here is, leaving a loaded gun around where kids can get to it is asking for all kinds of trouble. Personally, I'd be real worried the jury would want to send me to jail, which they could do, even if my lawyer showed them no firearms laws were violated. They sometimes find other violations of child welfare that can lock you up anyway. If I'm not home, my gun is locked up. It's too risky to leave it out.

Just repeating what's been reported in the news WNY. I didn't make up or assume any of that. That is the official statement from the police on why he was charged and what he was charged with. If Dad's gun wasn't loaded, and no ammo available, the boy would be alive and nobody would be in jail. But it appears what the cops are saying is, because the boys were able to find the gun and the ammo, and were left unsupervised for a long time, that constitutes endangering the welfare of a child. That law alone allows for a wide range of infractions to be used against someone. Obviously, if the gun was also loaded when they found it, that wouldn't make things any better. Don't be so certain you didn't commit a crime if something happens, without getting the opinion of qualified legal consul. Heck, make a friendly call to your local police and ask them if you have any liability if someone finds your gun and something happens. I'm just trying to open your eyes to possible problems. Choose the path you want. It's a free country, your free to do whatever they let you do.

Nah, only 4, but whose counting? Wait, I'm counting the days to opening day for Turkey now! Gotta do some predator and small game hunting now to keep my mind off of that!

From an investment point of view, the land is a better one. The sleds, bikes, cars and other toys keep taking money that you never get back when you sell out. Land will keep going up in value. Besides the pleasure you get out of owning it, the value never goes down. It's also good for a tax write off on the property taxes. W.C. Fields once told a young investor, "Buy Land! They ain't making any more of it!"

These type of jerks are out there. Our society has allowed this type of behavior to fester. Whooping and hollering like something of value is being accomplished here. These morons obviously have no idea what real hunting is all about. Major negligence in their up bringing for sure.

The first question I always ask an animal rights nut is, "What's you position on abortion?" The majority of these nuts seem to be women who are pro-abortion. So it's OK to kill babies.

Great Buck! Congratulations! Big bucks are known to frequent small plots of woods in residential areas. We have this a lot in NJ too. If you can get access to the land, you can often score big. BTW, whose house, err, Mansion is that?

The 12-year-old Wilton boy is being petitioned on a charge of Manslaughter in the second degree in Family Court, in the shooting death of his friend. The surviving boy's father, 56-year-old Edward O'Rourke, was arraigned on a misdemeanor charge of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, after Bowen said he left 'unsecured loose ammunition in the residence.' This is what the gun owner and his son are facing at the moment. Maybe the father didn't violate any gun possession law, but once it is used by a child and a death occurs, you can bet there will be plenty of violations the law can come up with against you. And a civil suit will certainly follow. Ask any attorney and he will tell you this is a slam dunk case.

Good photo for comparing the size of a moose to a big whitetail.

WNY, the case we are discussing is in Wilton, NY. The father and the son are both charged in this case. If you live in NY, you would be charged the same way if this happened in your home with your gun. Click on the link in the above post for the info. I suggest you watch how this case unfolds to see what type of trouble you could be in if it happened to you. And keep watching after the criminal charges are finalized. That's when the civil suit will begin. This father will most likely lose his home in this lawsuit. In NJ, the law says you can not leave a loaded gun within easy access of a minor. I think that law has been implemented in a number states now. I don't have a list of them, but you can Google the info if you doubt me. Here's something I found that is dated 2005, so more states may have added these laws since then. Florida became the first state to provide legislation to combat children's access to guns.(15) In 1989, Florida enacted legislation making it a misdemeanor crime to store or leave a loaded firearm within the "reach or easy access" of a minor. If the minor injures himself or someone else, the statute authorizes a felony conviction. Fifteen additional states have enacted similar legislation (in order of legislation passing date): Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, Virginia, Wisconsin, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, Delaware, Rhode Island, Texas, and Massachusetts.(16) While more states are pushing for child access prevention laws, of the sixteen states that have adopted child access prevention laws: seven define minors as those under the age of sixteen, four define minors as under fourteen, and one defines them as under twelve. Just four states define a minor as someone under the age of eighteen.(17)

WNY, if anyone uses your gun to do anything, you will be under investigation by the law to determine if you committed any crime. I don't know what the laws in NY are, but in many states you would have broken the law. But let's say you did not break any law. The state lets you off the hook, but the family of the victim can sue you for negligence in a civil suit. The burden of proof in civil cases is much less than in a criminal case. I don't think you would win the case. If you don't believe me, check it out for yourself with your attorney. Like I said, owning a firearm carries huge responsibilities. It's best to know what they are before you get in trouble.

If a kid commits suicide with your gun, it puts you in trouble and makes all gun owners look bad. Better they did it another way if they are hell bent on doing it. Do you really want to be part of the investigation into the cause of a kid's suicide? We also don't know if they would've done it if it was harder for them to do it. Like I've said before, a good handgun lock box can be opened in 2 seconds if needed, but prevents any unauthorized possession. If you are at home, you can keep a gun on you all the time. But to leave it out and loaded when you are not home seems irresponsible to me. WNY, that other post wasn't about assumptions. Its' based on more information that has been released on the circumstances involved with that case.

Right. Taxpayers were paying for hundreds of bear to be handled or killed every year. By contrast hunters pay to be able to hunt them. For a cash strapped state on the verge of bankruptcy, allowing hunting is a better option, in the best interest of the people of the state. But then, NJ has never been known for doing anything that is in the best interest of the people of the state.

I do not think the parents of the dead boy in Wilton, NY can be blamed in any way for any part of this tragedy. People that do not own guns, and don't believe in owning them, can not be expected to teach their children anything other than to stay away from them. They do not have the knowledge to teach their kids gun safety anyway. About all they could have done is ask the friends parents if they had a gun in the house and then told their son he couldn't go over there. The parents of the kid who did the shooting can be held responsible for the death for many reasons. They left an unsupervised child at home with a loaded, unlocked gun, that was easily accessible, and they never taught their kid not to touch it. That is a recipe for disaster and they should be charged with everything the law can charge them with. The poor father of the dead boy can not be criticized for anything he thinks now, as his judgment is going to be biased. Even if a list of gun owners was available, which it most definitely should not be, the father probably wouldn't have looked into it anyway. Unless gun owners understand owning a gun comes with the huge responsibility of life and death at all times, these things will happen and all gun owners will be judged by it. The owner of any firearm must understand, the security of that firearm is their responsibility at all times. If it is locked away and someone breaks into the safe, or it gets stolen and used in a crime, the owner did everything reasonably expected of him to prevent it. But if it's loaded and available to an unsupervised child, it's not a defensible position from any point of view.

Authorities were killing about 100 nuisance bear every year prior to the hunt too. But the anti's weren't complaining about that. They only complain if hunters kill them.

Total population of NJ bears was estimated to be about 3500. Total bag over the 6 day season was 591. That means about 17% of the total population was harvested.