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I recall seeing the Steyrs first time around about ten years ago. The barrel then was like a drinking straw, the polymer bipod wasn't really a joy to use and from the advert in the link, it's still in .308 or .308 and according to the link "rabbits to elk". Really? Talk about buggering up bunny!

Seriously though, apart from those of us with a kit monster habit, who is the scout rifle actually for? It's a lightweight stalker with an unusually placed scope - so what? The ruger otoh looks like a modern jungle carbine facsimile with a serious lump of magazine dangling in the breeze.

Is it the Steyr that has an interference fit barrel that is all but impossible to change?

Having checked, flash hiders are considered military munitions under ITAR and so, although they remain unrestricted domestically, require a license for export. I'm not sure how possible it is for dealers to get one - presumably not prohibitively so since as I say there are many other rifles of American origin in the UK with flash suppressors yet the regulations date back to the 1970s. North West Customs offer the Yankee Hill phantom for example. I might drop them an email as I'd like to get a Noveske.

ovenpaa wrote:Is it the Steyr that has an interference fit barrel that is all but impossible to change?

Yes.