Prices getting scared *down* for a change
I have to confess to a bit of a love affair with Ruger's Gunsite Scout in 308. I want one. I kinda feel like I need to have one. But... The price tags seem to be set about $300 high for what it is.
The lowest prices I can even occasionally find anywhere remotely near me for a new GSC are in the same neighborhood of the MSRP for the 18.5" bull barrel MVP (Predator) 308 by Mossburg. With that said, I'm seeing the later at actual sticker price for $500-600 and the reason seems to boil down to bad press from questionable but not terrible extractor design. Something I could handle myself if I were one of the minority who ended up having trouble with it. There has also been some talk of sloppy action, but the lockup seems to be good anyway. 150 years of military bolt guns have tended to have sloppy bolts too, and this has not been the point that ultimately affects accuracy, and seems to add to reliability if anything. I wouldn't want to have to work the bolt of the only GSC I've handled in any emergency if it were new.
I think I'm sold. They are very comparable rifles, with one at 60% the price point of the other because of poor selling and not really that much bad press. The minor discrepancy in QC does not seem to approach that much difference even in fantasy land. If need be, I can fabricate fixed sights my self if I want to go properly scout rifle with it.
A lot of you have a great deal more experience than I do. Am I off track? Discuss if you like.
