+1 The best setup for Scouts is an all-turret AX multicannon ship, FGS, Python or whatever you prefer.
I built a "scout" attack Chieftain (Dirty Drag Drives G5) and tried it three ways. 2 Large gimbaled pulse lasers....and regular (non_AX) multi-cannons in the other 4 slots. Went out and killed a couple of hundred. Then I switched it to an all turrented AX Multi-cannon build and killed another 100. Then tried an all fixed AX-multi-cannon build for another 100. I found the Pulse Canon/non-AX multi-cannon build was significantly better at killing scouts. May just be my flying style lends itself to that build.