SCAR 17 or two AR's?

[Cyc Wid It]

Does anyone know where to get the scar 17?

Valkyrie Arms in Milpitas has at least 1 in black (IMO the SCAR in FDE is hideous anyway).

[thmpr]

Valkyrie is a great shop to visit but the price offered on the firearms are not as ideal as initially thought.

[biko]

Valkyrie is a great shop to visit but the price offered on the firearms are not as ideal as initially thought.

I meant to call them today... what are they asking?

[Nor-Cal]

I would say to get the scar 17 but idk if you should sell two AR's to get it!

[technique]

Get the SCAR 17. Maybe they'll eventually offer the 5.56 conversion for it to the civi market. If not, no biggie, the 17 is hot **** as is.

[themailman]

SAVE YOUR MONEY!!! And then buy the Scar.

[evidens83]

Keep the 5.56...Sell the 6.8....Get the 17 now!

Read my mind!

[desertdweller]

You may have to sell more than just the two ARs - a child or maybe a kidney?

[F8ality]

FN's website says it weighs 8lbs empty with no optics. Not exactly lightweight.

8lbs is light for a battle rifle...

[IsaacGlass]

You may have to sell more than just the two ARs - a child or maybe a kidney?

Ditto! that's what I was thinking too. Those two AR wont cover the cost of a SCAR 17.

[captbilly]

Just for comparison.

A DPMS LR-308L has a virtually identical weight to the SCAR 17, and the barrel on the DPMS is 2 inches longer. I can see no reason why an AR style rifle would be heavier than anything else in a similar caliber and barrel weight. The majority of the weight of most ARs in is the barrel (and all the junk that people hang on them). The receiver is aluminum, the stock is a polymer, and there isn't much else beside the barrel. If you spend $600- $800 on a carbon barrel you could still get a super accurate AR style .308 rifle with less weight than a SCAR and a target trigger, and a very nice scope, all for the price of the SCAR.

I perfectly understand the attraction for a particular rifle. If you want a SCAR then go ahead and get one. I suspect that they are fine rifles and you will be happy with it, but a 16 inch barrel on a .308 is going to have some really nasty muzzle blast and will lose a significant amount of velocity over something longer. Of course there are completely rational reasons for wanting a short barrel, just understand the compromise.

At the end of the day the attraction of the AR style rifle is not that it is the "best" whatever that means, but that there are so many readily available parts from so many sources. In a relatively inexpensive package you get an inherently accurate quite reliable rifle. There are more accurate rifles (bolt action) and autoloading rifles that will function more reliably when dirty, but not both in one package. If you decide the barrel, or trigger, or stock or, handguard, or sights etc. etc. are not to your liking you can go to a hundred places and find a replacement that you like better. With something less common your choices will be far far fewer. On the other hand, with something less common you will have.... something less common (and I am not being sarcastic, common can be pretty boring).

[12gauge12]

I got to mess with the one at Valkyrie, and that's what got me thinking. Its going for $2800, so two AR's plus 1k. It does feel like less than 8 lbs, lighter than a standard AR.
I don't plan on taking any shot while hunting past 300-400 yards either.
The reciprocating handle does bug me a little, but I can get over it pretty quickly.

[thmpr]

I got to mess with the one at Valkyrie, and that's what got me thinking. Its going for $2800, so two AR's plus 1k. It does feel like less than 8 lbs, lighter than a standard AR.
I don't plan on taking any shot while hunting past 300-400 yards either.
The reciprocating handle does bug me a little, but I can get over it pretty quickly.

If they are selling it at $2800.00, buy it. Great price. I'm glad to see their pricing strategy is now competitive compared to the LWRC REPR they were selling for $3,900.00 a month ago.