Gary,
Thanks for the update.

I thought about mentioning turning the mount around as I have seen that done on other platforms. As to the cheek weld you can get a cheek riser from one of the manufacturers like BH or a place of your choice.

Since you mentioned the Ruger plastic I started thinking about the plastic guns they make--I may not like the ergo's of them but I have never seen one busted. So, I bet your thoughts are founded in actual proof.

To the extra mags, I see what you are saying only only needing three mags. It would be interesting to see if one of the mag loaders can be used or adapted to speed load the mag from M14/FAL chargers.

I had plan to do more reading and messing with this platform but when I ran across a Enfield Jungle Carbine I kinda lost interest. I may still get motivated to look deeper. I do know one thing is that if I ended up with one of the GSR I would be looking at a can for it too. With a can, it is a total system in my opinion.

The Valmet series used a park solution. Very durable as the park crystals hold oil. Matte black generally means a blasted surface is blued, it will hold oil but the bluing is still a rust process even if it is controlled.

I am not going to speak for Gary but this is my thought. The GSR is a scout carbine so BUIS is a must. If you use the supplied rings then you loose the use of the rear BUIS. It would be nice to keep the BUIS and have a magnification too.

bUIS built in iron sights?

Back Up Iron Sights

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" /> OK! Reckon I don't do to well with acronyms! OK, it makes sense now.

Randy - Jeff is correct. I don't want to loose my rear BUIS. In my opinion, ALL primary rifles should have BUIS. The GSR's rear sight is mounted in Ruger's integral rear scope ring notch. I also like a forward mounted scope because they can be used in a "both eyes open" fashion. This means you have 100% greater situational awareness, and can "snap shoot" with the magnified optic.

Jeff - I'll probably end up with a set of quick-detach rings. I think the eye relief can be achieved this way.

That is a cool rifle! .308 is my favorite rifle round...then .22lr.

Thanks. I really like it so far. As soon as I saw the first advertisement...I mean gun magazine article...I was instantly interested.

I've considered a Savage Scout for years, but didn't like the magazine capacity, synthetic stock, or push-feed action. The GSR addresses all of these issues in spades!

I agree Gary. I think that ALL rifles should have iron sights on them. A scope or DOT sight is just icing on the cake!

Hum... I wonder how I could trade a Remington 700 VLS HBar for one of those Rugers?

Only thing wrong with the Remmy is it weighs 10 Pounds! Oh and It has a 26 inch bull barrel to boot.

My 600 Mohawk is MUCH better to tote around.

Since my GSR is slated to be a "bug-out rifle" I want to keep it as light as possible. I just investigated the weight differences between the pictured Trijicon and Leupold's excellent "2.5x Scout" scope.

Leupold = 7.5 oz
Trijicon = 14.4 oz

The Leupold will only require lightweight quick-detach rings.
The Trijicon will require a rear-facing cantilever rail (to correct the eye relief issue) and rings.

The Trijicon is already 6.9 oz heavier, and the rail/mount will probably add another 6-8ozs (as an example, LaRue's products are HEAVY).

As a result of these facts, I think this rifle is going to get a Leupold 2.5x IER Scout Scope!