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Thread: Selling my AR, SCAR Possibility

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    Quote Originally Posted by opmike View Post
    Your experiences have been tainted by the fact that you have yet to own a real, quality AR, or at least one that works. Sticking with established brands should have you meeting with success.
    +1 You need to try a quality AR rifle before giving up completely.

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    I really like my SCAR and I've put a lot of rounds through it.

    I believe the SCAR would serve your needs.

    With that said. If I had to choose one carbine between my favorite AR or the SCAR I would still take the AR. The AR is just so easy to get parts for and those parts cost so much less. As an example I still can't buy an extra bolt for my SCAR and there are plenty of other good examples.

    I'm not attempting to beat up the SCAR, I really do like mine. There are still some things I can't buy for it that I can for my ARs and the things I can buy for the SCAR are, on average, expensive compared to the AR.

    I'd have a SCAR, I'd just have a good AR first.

    Now in 308 I believe it is much easier to justify the SCAR over the AR platform (just my opinion).
    Last edited by joshua79109; 02-28-11 at 16:00.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mnoe82 View Post

    If I switched to the SCAR without owning a tier 1 AR, am I missing out?
    It is a great gun, and if you want one then go get it. If you find it does not suit you, then come back and get a tier 1 AR15.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mnoe82 View Post
    So I bought my first AR before I came a member of this forum. I spent a lot of money on something that has failed me numerous times. It seems like every time I take my AR to the range, I get a new problem. I've had my lower replaced, changed the buffer a few times, lots of things all under warranty thankfully. Now that I am more familiar with the platform and have a little experience, I see why the chart exists and have first hand experience with a lower quality AR. Basically I'm wanting to upgrade.

    So I started shopping and looking at the BCM's and DD's that are so highly recommended right now. To get one of those set up the way I want is between $1500-1600. TRX Extreme, Battlecomp, UBR, MIAD.

    So 1600 is only a few months of saving away from 2100 which brings the SCAR in as a possibility.

    I have no real ties to the AR as far as military training or anything like that. I just bought it because I wanted one growing up and could finally afford it. I love owning it and it's great to know that I have an AR, but it seems like everytime I shoot it I am disappointed.

    I read the technical threads on the SCAR in other sections on M4C and it seems to be loved by the people that own them.

    If I switched to the SCAR without owning a tier 1 AR, am I missing out?
    It never pays to buy cheap because in the long run it will probably cost you more in the end. I think a first tier AR should be first and if you want a SCAR later that would be awesome. I know that a SCAR is in my future but there are other guns ahead of it that I would like to get.

    If you don't mind me asking, what brand of AR did you begin with? Don't want to turn this into a brand war but it would solidify a person's argument for or against certain companies.

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    The first AR I ever laid hands on was my issued M16A2 at OCS. That thing had been beat to hell and all the parking had long since been scrubbed off the metal bits by years of incessant cleaning. It rusted easily and the parts rattled. I was issued two worn-out magazines and told not to slam them into the mag well too hard. Trying to shoot blanks through that thing resulted in a continuous string of double feeds, stuck bolts and short strokes. I came to know tap-rack-bang quite well. It didn't instill confidence in me for the weapon system.

    Years later when I became interested in military-style carbines, I knew what I wanted and that was a SCAR. Which turned into an ACR because of its quick-change barrel and forward-located bolt catch, then an XCR when it looked like the ACR would not be around anytime soon if ever. I thought, I'm not messing around with that dirty, unreliable AR thing. I'm getting the latest and greatest.

    My first carbine was an AR and now I wouldn't have it any other way. I saved myself a lot of money and hassle.

    A few weeks ago I was at the rifle range blowing some rounds through my 6.8mm AR. A few lanes down was an older guy shooting a SIG 556, and two lanes further down was a younger guy with an XCR. I hefted the XCR, and while it was sweet to shoot, that thing was HEAVY. He picked up my pencil-barreled AR and marveled at how much lighter it was.

    Moral of the story: Don't give up on the AR just yet. Especially if it's your only rifle. Done right, it will serve you just as well as any of the others, and better in some ways.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LRB45 View Post
    If you don't mind me asking, what brand of AR did you begin with? Don't want to turn this into a brand war but it would solidify a person's argument for or against certain companies.
    It was from a local "custom" shop. I just took some advice that ended up costing me in the long run.

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    Local custom shop often means "hillbilly gunsmith" that assembles AR's with parts of unknown quality.

    I'll guarantee that if you get a good AR, follow good advice and use good magazines your thoughts will change.

    Quote Originally Posted by mnoe82 View Post
    It was from a local "custom" shop. I just took some advice that ended up costing me in the long run.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    Local custom shop often means "hillbilly gunsmith" that assembles AR's with parts of unknown quality.

    I'll guarantee that if you get a good AR, follow good advice and use good magazines your thoughts will change.
    This

    Quote Originally Posted by Anthony.L View Post
    +1 You need to try a quality AR rifle before giving up completely.
    and this.
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    With that buttstock that allows AR buttstocks to be attached, and extended rails now out, I'd probably get the SCAR. It's a good weapon system and SOCOM not going with it is a logistic issue. With that said, I've got a AR that I pieced together that's pretty much a Crane issued MK18 Mod1 and I won't be selling it for the little gains the SCAR gets you.

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    I would go Tier 1 before going scar 16s.

    If I had a choice between a Reaper and a 17s, I would go Scar.

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