The Ruger Gunsite Scout rifle is a good rifle with an unfortunate name. It's not a very good Scout rifle because Scout rifles are supposed to be light and as you've already noticed the things are quite heavy for a 308 carbine. The single stack magazine also is a lot longer than required for the capacity.
Other than that it's rugged, reasonably accurate and comes with a good set or iron sights. It would make a great truck gun because then the weight wouldn't matter so much. I just wish they'd called it the Ruger Truck Buddy or something.
