Thread: Steyr Scout range report

Spent the morning letting some lead fly with a bunch of brands to find a factory load to suit the scout. Did some prior research and found it eats 168gr SMK like a kid does a bag of milo, so i based my cartridge choice around/close this and ended up with...

Barnaul 168gr soft point
Australian Outback 165gr soft point (was supposed to be 168gr SMK but Guncity screwed my order)
Hornady Superperformance Match 168gr AMAX
Federal Premium Gold Medal Match 168gr SMK
Handloads by a family member made up of once fired (military) CAC, NNY and FNB cases and 168gr SMK. some were 44 grains of AR 2208 and others 42 grains AR 2206H

Heres the results with my shotty amateur shooting skills which ended up with an impressive (well to me) 0.35 inch grouping with the Federal coming out of the "Scout" rifle.