Picked up a SCAR 20S in 6.5 Creedmoor. Had a major issue with being over gassed. Suppressed (sig and silencerco), even with the stock gas regulator in "suppresed" setting, it bucked hard. I had to work hard to get the 1/2 inch groups. Added an aftermarket gas regulator, and pow, soft recoil and easy all holes touching @100m. Plan on an after market gas regulator.
Ivan, I have the SCAR Heavy in .308. I swapped my lower out for an SR25 lower and never looked back. I sold all of my FN mags, and now I'm golden. You moved to Washington? Sweet! If you're ever in Renton, LMK as I'd love to buy you lunch/dinner (your choice) and maybe do some move/shoot at my local range. (We have action bays where we can move and shoot. BTW, loved your van video. Keep up the great content. :) /jim
The SCAR seems to just keep trucking despite competitors releasing constantly. It has also been one of the coolest looking designs since I first saw it in Battlefield 2’s Spec Ops expansion in 2005. Looking forward to the final thoughts on this series. Is it worth that buy in?
I like mu Scar H. Decently light. But there is a lot of money you will throw at it. I still used my Colt LE 901. Thicker barrel. Once kitted out, similar weight, but the Colt shoots better. Wish they would have kept going with it and updated it.
I never understood FN threatening to void people's warranty for using a suppressor. A $3,000 - $4,000 piston gun that was designed for military can't handle being suppressed? Smells like shyte to me.
It has nothing to do with whether the SCAR can "handle being suppressed". It can, and it does it incredibly well. Its purely a company policy to avoid having to replace parts that the end user may have fucked up on their own. When FN sends out their MK20's to thr military, they send it with their own suppressor and suppressor host muzzle device so that the military doesn't have to fuck with it. FN is6the only company that voids your warranty for suppressor use either, HK does this aswell. It isn't a reliability issue, its a liability issue.
@@METALLIFY16 "They send the MK20 to the military with their own suppressor." Really can you provide me the link to said suppressor? Weird that I can't find any information on it on their website. Is it super duper secret suppressor? Is that why it isn't available to general public? You think they'd provide the public with their own alternative right? Hmm. Kinda sounds like you have no f&^%ing clue what you're talking about.
@@jonathanwick1265 The original can was the AAC SCARH-SD, it’s no longer produced, recently supplied systems were shipped with the FN QD 701 suppressors
@@et9650 Fantastic. Are the FN suppressors commercially available? If not then that's the whole point of my argument. FN is dinging people for using a non-FN approved suppressor while providing them with no alternative. That doesn't seem janky to you for a $3,000 plus gun?
@@jonathanwick1265 do a little research on the can. 701 is a old loud can. There are other just as well flowing cans on the market. Even better get some time behind a scar and then decide if you think it’s janky. The internet isn’t the only place to get info to form an opinion. Honda doesn’t honor the warranty on your civic after you slap and exhaust on it either… that said the scar isn’t the end all be all.
There were only a handful of guns that were damaged after shooting suppressed. They were all shooting the same brand of budget can. The guns were inspected by FN engineers and the suppressor company. The guns were all fixed at no cost to the customers, just not by FN. A company cannot warranty damage caused by some trash product you put on your gun.
@@surratt95 That sounds better but still quite the pissing match between companies. The words budget and suppressor never mix in the US. Everyone has premium prices. Budget are usually .22lr aluminum cans or maybe those Chinese 'catch cans'. I'm curious what the problem was. Holding pressure for too long a duration? Which would subject the piston, regulator and gas block to extended heat exposure. Softening one or all to failure? Excess carbon buildup? Increased or excess wear on the locking lugs, extractor, cam pin or cam track from a combo of increased chamber pressure at extraction and increased carrier velocity?
