Scout Build?

[CAPTBEACH]

I, along with many others here build our own Savages...If you were going to build a Scout Rifle, were would you start?

I'm looking to build a deer woods, truck gun...short, light and handy in .308 in the Scout Rifle vein...you just dont see many of these for sale...had one a long time ago...loved it, sold it when $$$ was tight (kids, mortgage, dogs). regret it to this day...but now I've started building my own Savages and would like to acquire another Scout.

I plan on starting with a 10 action 473 bolt head. I may make some lightening cuts similar to the 11 Lightweight Hunter to shave a few oz off of it...if it has an accutrigger fine, if its a 3 screw flat top I'll tune it up. It will get a CDI DBM with a few five and ten round mags.

Stock will probably be a Savage/Stevens plastic stock with LOP shortened a tad.

Barrel and Scout Sights are my sticking point...Other than ordering a complete Savage 10 Scout Barrel + Sights from Savage what is a guy to do? I'd like to pick up a .308 sporter weight barrel from the classifieds here and add a set of Scout type sights to it...any suggestions on how to mount the forward style Scout scope mounts to the barrel?

Scope would be the Burris Scout Scope or perhaps the Leupold...

Or would it just be easier to buy a used or new Factory Scout...I sure like the idea of building one...

Capt Beach