Did Ruger copy Enfield? |
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Goosic
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Posted: August 06 2019 at 5:14pm |
My girlfriend saw a Ruger Gunsite Scout rifle today and told me it looks just like my little Enfield. She pointed it out to me and if I had to hazard a guess, I would say they took alot of design characteristics from the No5.
Does anyone have insight into if Ruger did in fact base the Scout off of the No5?
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i see where that came from , had me goin for a second
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Goosic
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The butt pad area and the muzzle brake are definite queues from the No5
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Shamu
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its all a development of someone else's idea. Personally If I was designing a "Scout Rifle" nowadays it wouldn't be in some oddball caliber. Lets face it you're *ahem* borrowing loads from the supply chain. I'd be more likely to go with the 7.62 No 5 1/2 carbine!
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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The Armourer
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At somewhat of a tangent - did you realise that SAKO actually took Lee Enfield's, modified the to .243 and sold them as SAKO's ?
Interesting thread on the SAKO Forum : https://sakocollectors.com/forum/threads/sako-enfields.11031/ |
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i stick with 762 and 556 , 9mm and 45cal , as well as 22lr and 12ga for all my standards - only way to insure you can have a supply when SHTF ,
but i have others for various disciplines that require it as well as my collectibles , these i have but do not stock unless i get a real need for an obscure reason - most i reload
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