single shot .22

[H666]

I saw in an Petersen catalogue, many years ago, a .22 rifle, called cub, or youth or scout or something like that.
It didn't have a fore butt, it had a peculiar looking trigger (looked like a H&K pistol grip safety) and if my menory serves me correctly, no trigger guard.  I think it was a single shot but I'm not sure.  it had a plain flat plastic butt and was probably top loaded but I'm not sure about that either.  This was around 1988, not later than 1992.  Can you help me out?

[spruce]

Sounds like you may be thinking of a gun made by Springfield Armory Inc.  It was all alloy (no wood) with a skeletonized butt.  It fired by squeezing the grip.  It was touted as a "survival" gun.  Seems like it was a .22 over .410, but memory is fuzzy on this.  I think it did have the "Scout" name.  Don't know if it's still in production.

Garcia also made an all metal singleshot .22 with skeletonized butt, however it had a conventional trigger and triggerguard.  It was called the Bronco.

That's about all I know (!), hope this helps.

[Arier Blut]

http://thepackingrat.net/2008/04/17/springfield-m6-scout-an-overview/

Here's what spruce was talking about. I have 3 in packs carried in the vehicles. One is a 22 hornet. I was good for about 25-30 yards off the irons with my eyes. I put little dot sights on and have taken a few squirrels out to 60 yards, most shots are at 50 or less. The trigger is a little rough, but good enough to hit decent. I use them when camping just to make sure they stay sighted in. But for normal small game hunting I just use a 10/22 or cz. Not a bad concept for hiking/camping/survival, but not the most accurate out there either. The .410 makes a wonderful snake charmer up to 25 yards or so.

[H666]

This is it, thanks a lot.