My 2 cents on the FN scar

[diving dave]

Enjoying some needed time off at my retirement property in Montana, and had some time between thunderstorms to launch some lead downrange from my new scar. My overall thoughts, really, really, nice carbine. There are a few minor things I'd like to change. Not a fan of the A2 grip, and wish the forend was a tad longer. But it runs like crazy, zero malfunctions. Accuracy not bad, once I zero'd the irons, I fired the following group off a backpack at 50 yds...

This was with 55 grn ball. A tad more gun porn for you perverts like me...

I think the Magpul AFG rocks on this gun..

Couple things I noticed, the trigger reset seems a tad longer than the AR. Couple times during rapid fire strings I didnt let the trigger out enough, and thought I had a failure to fire. Will take some getting used to. Next up will be to pick up another Aimpoint T1 for it. So far, I'm really liking this rifle.

[kbi]

Wow now thats not bad grouping at all.


Any plans for optic's

[Ray T]

Nice!

[diving dave]

Probably going to run a T1 on it. I have one already on a Larue mount for my duty carbine at work, hard to beat optic for a rifle like this.

[YVK]

Re grip: I've fitted both TD grip and MIAD on my SCAR. Didn't like how TD came out; felt I took too much of material. Really liked MIAD with small backstrap: first, it was easier to fit; second, it positions my hand better to operate safety.

Re short forend: I put a long forend plastic cover panel on 9 o'clock rail where my support hand goes to; instantaneous real estate for hand placement but doesn't help with mounting accesories if you want to mount them on that rail.

[diving dave]

I have seen on another forum I hang out on about fitting a MIAD onto the scar, but I'm still trying to get the nerve to file off plastic under the issue grip. 2 of my other Ar's I run a 12 in. DD omega rail, so the fore end of the FN feels short to me. Another issue to figure out is what type and location of a light. I'm toying with the idea of running a mini scout light on the 3 o'clock rail(I shoot lefty)and mounting a pressure pad on the top rail.