Burris Scout Scope: Reviewed By A Whitetail Hunting Guide

I tested the Burris Scout Scope and was quite pleased with its performance. Here's my overview, along with some tips.

FYI, prices and ratings are accurate as of time of writing.

Burris Scout Scope - Slim Medium-Magnification Riflescope

Highlight: The hunting scope can be shot with both eyes open.

Helpful review: Not everyone knows a scout scope, so let me give a quick overview. The scout scope is designed to be mounted ahead of the action, but some folks will say it is a mid-way mount. This allows fast target acquisition and shooting with both eyes open after the shooter gets used to using one.

I will also mount one of these on the M1 carbine I got from my dad (not the gun in the photo above). I don't know why I have this need, but it will be a future project. The only hangup with using a scout scope is the mount. Ruger made a model that was born as a scout rifle, and Styer answered a request from Jeff Cooper once upon a time. I have a friend I used to work with who went with the Ruger, who loves it for big game hunting.

The main point of the scout scope is eye relief; it is definitely different. The eye relief is about 12 inches. Some folks use these with heavy-duty handguns for hunting. I have a customer who had me mount one on an old shotgun that shoots 3" magnum 12 gauge for whitetail. I did not hear back from him on how it worked. I can tell everyone that it looked funny and felt weird to look through when I shouldered it.

I shot my friend Ruger with the mid-mount scope, and it was great to pick up the target. Keeping the game animal in the scope makes working on a simulated moving target easy. Still, it takes some getting used to it. I could shoot with both eyes open, but when it came to actual target shooting, I closed one eye due to over 50 years of training the other way.

When I close one eye or use both eyes open, the scope works like a champ, just as it should. Burris is one of my favorite manufacturers. I have always liked them and can't recommend them highly enough. I have shot one on a stainless 44 magnum Redhawk, and the scope was stainless. It looked very biblical and awesome, not to mention fun to shoot.

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