scar 17s??

[cosmos0665]

I have one and it looks nice, different. I agree that it's the lightest 308 compared to others but the recoil is almost the same as an HK91. I also have a DPMS and I think the recoil is more manageable.

I have one. Love it! Had a PWS 214 prior and the SCAR , for me, was more accurate. Recoil was very soft. Easy take down for cleaning. Fairly light weight.

I put a scope on I and will take her out again this Sunday. Buy one, you won't regret it.

[KillZone45]

I think those look goof troop. Clearly not part of the original design of the rifle. In addition, pretty pointless unless you actually need the extra rail estate. Otherwise, why the hell would you pay 3k plus for one of the lightest battle rifles ever just to add more weight to it? Spill over from AR culture I suppose, people just cant want to hang crap off their rifles.

I just think that the rifle looks weird with all that barrel, its just an opinion.

[coryb619]

ive shot only 5 rounds out of one, but it was the best 5 rounds ive shot in my life other than a 50bmg hah

[Haplo]

Cool rifle but I'd rather have an AR10, but seeing how I already do...I'd like to get a scar some day, but I wouldn't want to pay more than 1500 for it.

[Extra411]

Here's my SCAR:



This thing can shoot sub moa. Here's a group with cheap Prvi Partizan ammo @100 yards last weekend:



Here's my friend's group with cheap German surplus ammo @100 yards (That group was really impressive, especially with the surplus ammo, but we did have several other groups that were close to this):



The SCAR was able to hit the 500 yard hanging steel targets at Angeles range pretty consistently. According to mil estimates the target is ~0.18 meters in size, which means the SCAR needed to shoot sub 1.4-1.5 moa to hit it. It did that fairly easily (with cheap Serbian ammo). The optic is Leupold Mark 4 3.5-10x LR/T M2.



600 yard target at Angeles range.



The SCAR is light, recoil is relatively low, and the accuracy is pretty damn impressive for a battle rifle. As a whole package this rifle is really tough to beat. $3000 is kind of expansive, but it's certainly not the only rifle in that price range. A M1A with any kind of good chasis (EBR, Troy, etc) would cost north of $2000, most of Larue's .308 are $3k, a LMT MWS costs $2.5k+, LWRC REPR is ~$3k, etc etc.

In regards to the trigger:
In the beginning the trigger was VERY rough. I had a hard time shooting with it. Now that I've shot ~300 rounds the trigger feels a bit smoother (or maybe I've just gotten used to it). It feels like I can pull the trigger part way and consistently stop just before it's about to fire.
IMO it's difficult to justify the cost of a Geissele trigger. I don't feel the trigger is holding back my accuracy (that's a privilege reserved for the operator ), and $400 is a lot of money for an upgrade that isn't really necessary. The SCAR trigger is also known to be very tough and durable, just what you need in a battle rifle IMO.

As for the rail extension, I agree with MrPlink. Unless you really have a good reason (maybe putting a bipod or something close to the muzzle), why offset one of the advantages of this rifle (weight)? The SCAR is a battle rifle designed to be carried; if you want to go for a heavy, accurate benchshooter/sniper rifle there are certainly better choices out there. But if you want a .308 rifle that you can carry around all day and is pretty accurate, then you can't do much better than the SCAR.