I view thew Scout Scope as a sort of cross between good iron sights and a scope.
You throw up a Scout Rifle and you see the image, slightly magnified, and the reticle superimposed on it. The rest of what you see is everything around the scope image. That makes it very fast on target. It also allows one to carry the rifle with an encircling grip. It also put the scope and mount weight out ahead of the ejection port for more of a weight forward balance which some of find helpful.
On the other hand, it isn't practical to use with much magnification. That and it's distance from the eye doesn't allow you to see the target much better. For that reason, a 4X scope, conventionally mounted, allows one to see significantly better. E
