Still, for the sake of discussion, the following will exclude handguns and shotguns, along with rimfires, and focus instead on the already-established category of “general-purpose rifle” (GPR). But competently and efficiently running your specific GPR, especially if it is a manual repeater, requires skill-building through regular practice. Also, remember that the 2-lb., 5-oz., difference between the upper limit for a true scout rifle and that proposed here for a GPR would result in approximately 20 percent less recoil given the same chambering. Perhaps it is a factory-offered “scout” or GPR, a modified military-surplus or commercial bolt-action, a straight-pull, slide- or lever-action or an AR-10-style MSR. And the trail forward will no doubt continue to take us through fresh terrain as it accounts for an expansion of acceptable “general purpose” parameters.