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I would have sprung for the Steyr, but it was twice as much money as the Ruger at the time of purchase. I was already stretching over my budget at the time, but made it happen anyway. In the 2 years it sat in the safe, I could have saved up enough for the Steyr, but hindsight is 20/20. I do think it's kind of BS that Ruger used a polymer mag well in something that had the Gunsite name and attached to Cooper's legacy...but I guess that was one of the factors that affected the final cost. I would very much like to shoot a Steyr scout at some point.I like this design and concept very much but prefer the orignal Steyr over the porous castings of the Ruger. I built a similar designed LH Remington 700 Police At is a fine rifle. Steyr never made a LH Scout rifle........but I do have a LH manlicher carbine that I love. They were only made for a few months are are very rare. I struggle with the EER scope and mounting so prefer a conventionally mounted scope. A short carbine in 308 is tough to beat.