Here’s pics of my SCAR. I haven’t posted much here, but thought I’d put this up - I didn’t see much up with range pics.
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Here are pics from the first range trip. Put 500 rounds through it with zero failures. The SCAR feels great. The weight is comparable to my ARs, but it is balanced much different. I like the feel of the SCAR.
Prone position
Wind was between 25 and 35 mph
Federal 55 grain (cheap stuff)
The SCAR performed much better than I expected
100 yards Rapid Fire
200 yards 5 shot group
200 yards 5 shot group 2
200 yards 5 shot group 3
200 yards 5 shot group 4
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Just a few opinions-
The SCAR is very easy to break down and clean.
It stays much cleaner than an AR with the same number of rounds through it.
I currently have 1600 rounds through this SCAR with zero failures.
In case you can’t tell - I like it and I’m glad I bought it. I’m very interested to see how it holds up over time and use.
If you did that with iron sights only, you must have eyes like an eagle. A target is just a big square for me at 200 yards. Heck, it’s just a big square for me at 100 yards.
My vision is not that great, but I wear contacts and they correct my vision to better than 20/20.
Not irons on those targets, but it is an Aimpoint. I can’t see the center dot of the target, but I can see the target just fine. I do shoot the irons. I really like using the 2moa dot Aimpoint. I haven’t been able to use it over 300 yards much yet, but up to 300 yards it’s good to go.
Lately I do a lot more practical shooting and practice for 3 gun more than any real distance shooting for groups.
I know I should crop my pics, I always get my feet in there. I never thought I’d like flip flops, but my wife bought me those (Crocs) and now I wear them all the time.
I’m still debating getting one myself. With a pricetag around $2500, it’s a little difficult to swing being a married man.
What do you think of the reciprocating charging handle? Other than the price, I think this is the primary turnoff for me given the handle’s proximity to the support hand should you choose to hold the rifle on the magwell. Some range reports I’ve heard have had the operator getting some good thumb bashing.
Any chance someone has a picture with such a grip so we can see how the clearance is?
I’ll start by saying that because of the issues I read about with the charging handle I spent a long time considering the charging handle issue also. Then once I had the SCAR I spent some more time trying to decide if it could have been placed differently. Not that I’m any sort of expert.
I never fired the SCAR with the charging handle on the left side. I swapped it to the right side during the initial cleaning for a few reasons.
The support hand issue you mention + the addition of the LaRue mount with the Aimpoint added to the support hand issue
The 308 semi auto and semi auto shotgun I use have the charging handles on the right side - so for me the handle should be on the right side of the SCAR to KISS
I believe the charging handle (in this configuration) could turn out to be very valuable when a stoppage occurs (not that it’s better than the M4/AR). I believe part of the engineering was by request and another part by the addition of a few other hopeful upgrades.
I wondered what this would cause when I transitioned the carbine to my left shoulder, but my grip is no where close to the charging handle. The closest I get to the charging handle is with my left hand fingers when in the prone position.
If no one has a pic I can get my wife to take a pic when she gets a chance.
As long as I still like this one as much as I do now I’ll get the “H” once I feel like the price settles down from the initial release. Hopefully it will hit the market early next year. I know, I’m not holding my breath.
I was able to finally handle one over the weekend and they do seem to have good ergonomics. The balance does seem to be different from my 16" AR as well, in a good way. Still debating between one of these and the ACR…when/if it arrives.
Having the cocking handle on the left side is quite advantageous for a right-handed firer. In the event of a failure to fire it keeps the ejection port downward which reduces the probability of the ejected round from re-fouling the gun. In the event of an obstructed chamber it also keeps the ejection port downward, which permits a more likely occurence of the obstruction falling out right away, and the shooter can easily lock the bolt to the rear by only using the left hand (fingers pull the CH, thumb depresses the bolt-catch), which also makes one-hand only clearance way easier.
I just got mine last Saturday. We were picking up a piece of tupperware the wife won at GSSF (took that long for it to arrive) and I saw one on the wall. The wife knew I have been dreaming of one ever since I got to handle it a couple of years ago when the FN rep was in town. Been waiting since then. Anyway, she let me buy it on the condition I keep her supplied with ammo for her GSSF pilgrimages all next year. Payed about $2600 out the door but am quite happy with it. Might have to sell a couple of my ARs to offset the cost though. Still have not shoot it, to much nasty weather here right now to go to the range in the mountains. Been studying the manual and it seems like a pretty simple take down. I will have to see about getting some heavier bullets for reloading though, I mainly have 55 and 62 gr stuff right now. Midway has some Sierra 77gr bullets that look like they may work better.
For those of you looking for a way to get one while being married, make sure your wife shoots. this makes firearm procurement much easier, especially if it is something they may wish to shoot also.
I’ve fired my SCAR with the charging handle on both sides. I am right handed, and ergonomically, I think having the charging handle on the left side makes more sense. Also, coming from my XCR, it’s just what my brain expects
However, during actual shooting, I prefer the charging handle on the right side. It gets the reciprocating charging handle out my field of view, which I find distracting, and allows me to hold the gun how I am used to without having to worry about my thumb being chopped off (no VFG yet)
I think I just need more trigger time with the SCAR before fully coming to terms with how it works
I’ve started to run some malfunction drills and now I won’t even think of moving CH to the opposite side. Rifle absolutely shines here. Tap-rack-bang drills - you don’t even take rifle off target. Double feeds - bolt lock is achieved with support hand only, no fidgeting, and I am faster back on target than with AR.
Ran an additional 500 rounds through the SCAR (total of 2100) - so far 0 failures of any sort.
The more I use it the more I like it.
Most of the last 500 were used running drills, but I ran the final 25 rounds at 300 yards for grouping (with good ammo).
My 5 group average (5 shots each) was 2.4".
Ran multiple corrective procedures for possible failures again. I’ve become very use to the methods used with my ARs and I’ve been worried about the difference with the SCAR, but so far so good. I’m running the charging handle on the right side to keep it the same as my semi auto shotgun and my semi auto 308. I will keep the charging handle on the right side for this reason.
I’m starting to get use to the feel of the SCAR. I’m still not as quick running corrective drills, but I am a little quicker from target to target. This was the first time I did not reach for the charging handle at the back of the carbine (where it’s at on the AR).
