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The rule on the Scrolls of Magnus (SoM from now on) artefact in the new chaos codex says that every time the bearer uses the scrolls he takes a Str 3 AP 1 hit with the ignores cover special rule. Can this hit be resolved against a different model in the character's squad following a successful LoS roll?

My understanding is dangerous terrain tests and Gets Hot wounds can't utilize LoS is due to the fact that these rules state the model takes a wound, not that it takes a hit. Therefore there is no wound allocation going on, which is necessary to attempt a LoS roll, and therefore these wounds must be resolved against the model that caused them. For the SoM though, the user takes a hit, which presumably must be allocated to him as normal before being resolved, similar to a precision shot.

To recap, based on RAW, I should be able to LoS hits taken from the SoM. Thoughts?

No, because the wound was never allocated, meaning it cannot be reallocated.

Maybe I have this wrong, but don't you roll to wound, and then allocate?

When rolling to hit a unit, yes. You have instead hit a model, not the unit, and therefore have no rule allowing you to allocate

It seems to me from rereading pages 13-15 in the rulebook, that you must first hit a unit, and then roll to wound. If you wound, the wound is then allocated to the closest model, and saves are taken against the allocated wounds.

In our case, you would roll to wound, and then allocate successful wounds to the sorcerer who used the scrolls.

Of course, we aren't shooting, but I don't see anything that clearly states that the hit is either allocated, or not allocated in our example. But if we assume the hit is not allocated, when does the sorcerer take a wound? Suffering a wound is the result of the combined process of rolling to wound, and allocating the successful rolls. Gets hot and similar rules get around allocation by specifically stating that the model suffers a wound. If this is not explicitly sated, how else could a model suffer a wound but through the process on page 15?

You raised a good point but I don't think the issue is as clear as you are making it sound. I suspect a FAQ would support not being able to LoS the hit, but RAW it seems to me that you still can.