Any suggestions on a 'smith to turn a M700 '06 into Scout Rifle configuration?

You don't need a smith just put this base on with a set of rings and a scout scope and your ready to go.

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=1750&title=REMINGTON+700+SCOUT+MOUNT

I Googled "scout rifle" after my original post. Now I am a little surprised nobody criticized my terminology as the term is quite specific in the minds of some.

XS doesn't have a mount for the M700 so I appreciate the reference to Brownell's. Shortening the barrel is easily done and I suppose a lighter stock would bring it closer to the strict definition.

And I already have a WGRS for this rifle so the factory front sight and WGRS rear might not interfere with use of a forward mounted scope. I guess I am closer to having what I need than I realized.

With a heavy-for-caliber bullet loaded at a moderate velocity this could become one heck of a timber rifle for deer and elk. Then I could give my Whelen to my son in Montana for his elk hunting. :)

Thanks for the reply.

Ya, the long action and the weight will make the purists howl, but that does not mean that you will not have a very useful rifle.

Jeff Cooper distilled his terminology down to:

Scout Rifle = Styer Scout only

Quasi Scout Rifle = anything that met all other requirements

Proto Scout Rifle = Quasi Scout built on the actions that he thought best and that he built his earliest ones on Remington M600-660, or small ring intermediate or Kurz Mauser or clones.

Fireplug

Yes, that's what I found out after a little web surfing. I suppose to get really close to the ideal one might want to start with a Rem. Mdl. Seven and stick with the .308.

As you say, it could be a real handy rifle even if not labeled "scout" by the purists. As a woods hunter I certainly do not need detachable magazines, extra mag wells, stripper clip capability, integral bipod, or a three-point sling.

Here's my little Rem model 7 carbine in 308. It' has an 18.5 inch bbl and a fixed Leapold 4 power scope. I'm not sure what it weighs, but 6 and 3/4 pounds feels about right. Got to say that I've looked thru the scout scopes and after 45 years shooting I just can't get used to that style of scope.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q172/faucettb/Preditor%20masters/700308.jpg

Nothing wrong with a scout mount on any rifle. Its much faster to use. Takes a couple hundred rounds to get used to it.

Bob,

You are pretty inventive. What would you charge as a licensing fee if I copied your shooting rest: one only for myself? Good idea.

Naumann,

Yes, I too will pass on detachable mags and bipods. I do like stripper clips pretty well.

Fireplug

I copied mine from a picture in Cabela's. I'm just to cheap and I have a welder. I wanted one of the Lead sleds and being retired had the time and inclination to make one up.

I already had plenty of scrap metal lying around. Several folks on the forum here have built their own. I used an old car jack I had for the front part. This project took a couple of hours to make up and saved me at least a hundred bucks. I had the bags from a set of Lyman rests.

My goal was to have a recoil absorbing rest that my grand babies could learn to shoot centerfire rifles on without worrying about recoil. Of course it also works great with my 8mm Rem mag.