On top of that I was offered a pistol to carry, if I so chose. That is a touch that few would understand, and fewer could grant. It is great to know the right people. With all this journalistic handwringing about the dreadful state of violence in the world, both public and private, we come back to the recurring question of why men fight. At a previous Gunsite Reunion our colleague Finn Aagaard stated flatly his answer.
Men fight because they like to fight.
That really should settle the question, but I doubt that it will. We have now heard people complain about the fact that the bipod on the Scout clicks when it is deployed, this noise evidently alerting the target. From where I sit it seems that if you are close enough to your target so that he can hear the click, you do not need a bipod. However, the factory says it is going to improve the device with a softer click. They also plan to rubberize the bipod tips.