the SCAR 17 $

[Dragon]

SCAR17's popping up for sale here with big price tags, what's the deal now?

[jdben92883]

Can you easily find one at a lower price? Your answer to that question is the reason why.

[hchan42]

Low supply, high demand. Value of commodity increases.

Read that on a Snapple cap.

[AKSOG]

People cashing in while there are none in stock anywhere

[pepebaja]

FN forum, insiders from FN state "that a foreign country bought all the 17's." none in inventory. only what is available in some stores or GB and GOA for sale along with private individuals selling them. Don't know when they will have some.

[Mopar Guy]

I sort of saw this happening. I was watching the SCAR 17. I believe there are some available but people waiting to get the 5k - 6k they were getting during the Sandy Hook panic. Actually last month, they were going for about 2,750 for a black, 2,850 for FDE and with a Cal bullet button $2,900. Soon as California legislature was heading for a vote, I purchased mine. The Orlando issue only intensified it and made supply scarce on a national level. Now, if you want a SCAR, it will take a lot of work to find a "non gouger" and probably will be frustrating. If in a market, expect to see lots of added profit to the asking price. People are trying to push the price up. Seen $4,500. I am sure they will try to push up to $6,000 closer to the deadline for the ban. This rifle is the classic pump and dump. Same as the stock market.

[Over It]

Don't over pay. They are coming.

[CouchOperator]

Screw that. LM8MWS

Laugh at all the scar dudes that cant buy spare parts.

[JDW67]

Really? Six grand???

[temecula]

It can worth 10k easy by End of Year

[uscscjohn]

I sort of saw this happening. I was watching the SCAR 17. I believe there are some available but people waiting to get the 5k - 6k they were getting during the Sandy Hook panic. Actually last month, they were going for about 2,750 for a black, 2,850 for FDE and with a Cal bullet button $2,900. Soon as California legislature was heading for a vote, I purchased mine. The Orlando issue only intensified it and made supply scarce on a national level. Now, if you want a SCAR, it will take a lot of work to find a "non gouger" and probably will be frustrating. If in a market, expect to see lots of added profit to the asking price. People are trying to push the price up. Seen $4,500. I am sure they will try to push up to $6,000 closer to the deadline for the ban. This rifle is the classic pump and dump. Same as the stock market.

I agree with your explanation but object to words like "gouger." It is not as if Scar owners have a fat inventory of guns and have raised prices on a whim. Most Scar owners I know paid real money for their guns and do not want to sell. They would do so only if they just can't afford to pass up the money being offered. That isn't gouging. People who won't sell at $5,000 but would consider sale at $6,000 are not ammo horders. They are people who value their Scar but just can't pass up an opportunity to sell for A LOT of money.

[Baboosh]

No one here remembers Sandy Hook? People paying $5-7K for SCARs because they panic buy.

Keep panic buying, all you are doing is raising prices and encouraging more gougers.

YOU HAVE OVER 5 MONTHS! You do not need to jump on anything and everything TODAY because some guy said YOU WON'T FIND IT AGAIN!

[hollowpoint67]

Is the SCAR really worth all that? I get the service weapon appeal of it but $6k?

A FAL, M14, PTR can fit that role well. Short of invading Fallujah I don't see the hype.

[Baboosh]

Is the SCAR really worth all that? I get the service weapon appeal of it but $6k?

A FAL, M14, PTR can fit that role well. Short of invading Fallujah I don't see the hype.

I have no appeal for a SCAR, even at dealer cost.

[desert dog]

That is FN's only issue: these guns are a popular sell to international government contracts. When they get big orders, all of their production focuses on fulfilling the government contracts first. Rumor has it that FN is busy servicing a couple of contracts at this moment. Now, with another round of panic buying occurring in the US, domestic demand for these rifles has doubled. Timing is everything when interested in buying a SCAR. Procrastinators are normally disappointed.