{"id":7918,"date":"2010-12-30T11:51:34","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T17:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=7918"},"modified":"2012-03-17T09:33:10","modified_gmt":"2012-03-17T14:33:10","slug":"the-rebirth-of-colonel-coopers-scout-rifle-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/the-rebirth-of-colonel-coopers-scout-rifle-video\/7918\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rebirth of Colonel Cooper&#8217;s Scout Rifle (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rugerscoutrifle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7924\" title=\"rugerscoutrifle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rugerscoutrifle-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rugerscoutrifle-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rugerscoutrifle.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A couple of years ago Michael Bane, Dave Spaulding (2010 Law Enforcement Trainer of the Year), Ken Jorgensen from Ruger and Ed Head from Gunsite sat down in a conference room to put together the &#8220;wish lists&#8221; for what they called a &#8220;sport\/utility rifle,&#8221; the heir to Col. Jeff Cooper&#8217;s scout rifle project. Steyr came out with their version years ago, but they missed a key element which is affordability.\u00a0 The new Ruger Scout Rifle got this covered as well.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/libraries\/tvtECWoH.js'><\/script>\n\t\t\t<div id='jwplayer_THu6PDcB_tvtECWoH_div'><\/div>\n\t\t<script type='text\/javascript'>\n\t\t\tif(typeof(jQuery)==\"function\"){(function($){$.fn.fitVids=function(){}})(jQuery)};\n\t\t\t\tjwplayer('jwplayer_THu6PDcB_tvtECWoH_div').setup(\n\t\t\t\t{\"image\":\"http:\\\/\\\/media.outdoorchannel.com\\\/outdoorchannel\\\/612\\\/859\\\/RugerScoutRifle1_640x360_640x360.jpg\",\"html5_file\":\"http:\\\/\\\/media.outdoorchannel.com\\\/outdoorchannel\\\/612\\\/859\\\/RugerScoutRifle1_HTML5_700k_16x9.mp4\",\"playlist\":\"https:\\\/\\\/content.jwplatform.com\\\/feeds\\\/THu6PDcB.json\",\"ph\":2}\n\t\t\t);\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\n<p>Video part 2:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div id='jwplayer_lBhmnwQs_tvtECWoH_div'><\/div>\n\t\t<script type='text\/javascript'>\n\t\t\tif(typeof(jQuery)==\"function\"){(function($){$.fn.fitVids=function(){}})(jQuery)};\n\t\t\t\tjwplayer('jwplayer_lBhmnwQs_tvtECWoH_div').setup(\n\t\t\t\t{\"image\":\"http:\\\/\\\/media.outdoorchannel.com\\\/outdoorchannel\\\/612\\\/910\\\/Scout-Rifle2_640x360_640x360.jpg\",\"html5_file\":\"http:\\\/\\\/media.outdoorchannel.com\\\/outdoorchannel\\\/612\\\/910\\\/Scout-Rifle2_HTML5_700k_16x9.mp4\",\"playlist\":\"https:\\\/\\\/content.jwplatform.com\\\/feeds\\\/lBhmnwQs.json\",\"ph\":2}\n\t\t\t);\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Reference Links:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/forum\/index.php?topic=15039.0\" target=\"_blank\">DRTV Discussions on the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/ruger-introduces-new-platform-in-ruger-gunsite-scout-rifle\/7914\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ruger Scout Rifle (Press Release)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruger.com\/products\/gunsiteScoutRifle\/models.html\">Ruger Scout Rifle (Product Page)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunblast.com\/Ruger-Gunsite.htm\" target=\"_blank\">GunBlast.com Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunsite.com\/main\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gunsite Academy<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.burrisoptics.com\/specialty.html\" target=\"_blank\">Burris Scout Scope<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgalco.com\/HolsterP3.asp?ProductID=2517&amp;CatalogID=403\" target=\"_blank\">Galco Safari Ching Sling<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/andysleather.com\/?p=234\" target=\"_blank\">The Classic Ching Sling (NEW 2011)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoutrifle.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Scout Rifle Community<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of years ago Michael Bane, Dave Spaulding (2010 Law Enforcement Trainer of the Year), Ken Jorgensen from Ruger and Ed Head from Gunsite sat down in a conference room to put together the &#8220;wish lists&#8221; for what they called a &#8220;sport\/utility rifle,&#8221; the heir to Col. 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