SOCOM Cancels SCAR Project

[GUNS-R-US]

Too bad the 6.5 and/or 6.8 aren't anything more than a "closet round". That platform I think would be a good balance, between the two for a mass produced combat rifle.

Somehow the 5.56, has an entrenched mindset, and the .308, has been around a long time. Perhaps, in time there can be balancing point, to give the soldiers what they want, and the feasibility to mass produce it.

If the Military would witch to the 6.8 SPC or 6.5 Grendel I would love it. I think there good capable man stoppers. That provide a good balance between weight, power, capacity, and recoil.

Ya know I think the AR-10 is a good battle rifle, but for the recoil and capacity issue. The weight is only a bit more than the M-16.

[kilopaparomeo]

Dagg-nabb-it.  And here I just bought one.

Oh, well.  Maybe it will end up being a decent rifle and might supplant a couple of my ARs.  Or maybe I will find it isn't all that the hype says and I'll trade it for my latest whim...

[Solus]

Dagg-nabb-it.  And here I just bought one.

Oh, well.  Maybe it will end up being a decent rifle and might supplant a couple of my ARs.  Or maybe I will find it isn't all that the hype says and I'll trade it for my latest whim...

Your investment has been protected.  The price will not fall soon since there will be no military contract to offset the cost of R&D and tooling should production continue.

Should production stop, you have a rare collector's item.

[GUNS-R-US]

Dagg-nabb-it.  And here I just bought one.

Oh, well.  Maybe it will end up being a decent rifle and might supplant a couple of my ARs.  Or maybe I will find it isn't all that the hype says and I'll trade it for my latest whim...

Your investment has been protected.  The price will not fall soon since there will be no military contract to offset the cost of R&D and tooling should production continue.

Should production stop, you have a rare collector's item.

+1 to what Solus said!

[JC5123]

Wouldn't FN just refurbish the850 rifles, switch out the selector switch and sell them commercially? I mean, that's what I would do.

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[garand4life]

Wouldn't FN just refurbish the850 rifles, switch out the selector switch and sell them commercially? I mean, that's what I would do.

Exactly what I was thinking. Couldn't the bolt group and selector assembly be swapped out and repacked as a civilian variant? There is a quick way to recoup some capitol. The wait now for these is enough to prevent it from making a successful run in the civilian gun shops and the suppliers are jacking the price up accordingly. Get more of these units in the supply chain and the price will normalize and the sales will take off. It's a popular platform with the gas piston and offers a level of coolness that attracts buyers who already own AR platform guns. I would buy one without a doubt if they were a little more available and not being price hiked buy the distributors. Plus if they were to make these a special run, being that they were from the SOCOM contract, they would fly out the door.

[GUNS-R-US]

Wouldn't FN just refurbish the850 rifles, switch out the selector switch and sell them commercially? I mean, that's what I would do.

They might recoup some of their money that way, but their still used "surplus arms". How much can they charge for them? new ones cost $2400-$3000 big money in my case. Now if they price them "used" @ say $1200-$1500 I might bite.

[garand4life]

I doubt it cost anywhere near $2000 to build each rifle, even if you account for refitting it to civilian legal. So, looking at it from a retailer's view, why couldn't they sell them as "factory reconditioned" unit, slap a $2000 price tag on it and make back some of the lost R&D money? I know it's not quite THAT simple but close enough. I bet the production cost per unit is around $600-$800 per SCAR so even at a reduced $1800-$2000 they would stand to get back quite a decent chunk of change and I could actually afford one or maybe 2...

[fightingquaker13]

I doubt it cost anywhere near $2000 to build each rifle, even if you account for refitting it to civilian legal. So, looking at it from a retailer's view, why couldn't they sell them as "factory reconditioned" unit, slap a $2000 price tag on it and make back some of the lost R&D money? I know it's not quite THAT simple but close enough. I bet the production cost per unit is around $600-$800 per SCAR so even at a reduced $1800-$2000 they would stand to get back quite a decent chunk of change and I could actually afford one or maybe 2...

There's still police and foriegn sales to go for. You won't get the retro fitted civvie legal versions until Paraguay has told them no.
FQ13

[Thanos]

If FNH needs somewhere to dump those automatic rifles, I know a guy who knows a guy who could help them with that.