FN SCAR Prices are Falling Fast

[B52U]

The laws of supply and demand will eventually do the trick so long as legislation stays out of the way.

[medic103]

medic,
Right now, it isn't a matter of the "average" person having the money to keep the tickets high. We have the current administration to thank for that. People that wouldn't normally buy guns are buying them. Those same people are generally speaking, in a much different tax bracket than those of us that would buy these weapons. That is artificially inflating the prices. Fear is a great motivator, quite possibly the BEST motivator. People who can afford these prices usually don't live in places where they'd need to own one. (Not saying that only people in bad places need weapons, but with a limited number of a 'cool gun', the chances of the average Joe outbidding those that have the financial resources is much smaller.) I'm seriously looking at about a year and a half until I can even find a SCAR, let alone afford one. It'll come, short of some drastice Executive orders or outright ban from Congress. Personally, I don't see either happening without severe repurcussions (politically).

The SCAR's fate isn't sealed, it's just delayed to the masses. It'll come.

Have patience.

Zhur

Hey Zhur,

First, let me be absolute clear. I don't mean to infer any tone in this post, just sometimes the way I write comes across in a context that's antagonistic. I don't mean that at all. I love a thread with spirited debate.

Nowhere did I say anything about the " average " person being able to buy SCARs. IMO, the " average" gun person doesn't spend $2500 on any single gun. . I agree about the administration causing the rise in prices by way of supply and demand. People are scared, and buying up the supplies, causing the demand to go up concurrently with supply dropping. That's economics 101.
I'll disagree, respectfully of course, with your statement about people who don't usually buy guns, who are in a different tax bracket than us, buying these SCARs at the obnoxious prices , feeding the monster we call capitalism ( which I'm all for ). Lets look at the number of SCARs sold at those high prices. Gunbroker is one of the resources where we could gage the quantity. How many were actually shipped in the first round? The highest number I saw was #122. For this threads purpose, let's say 200 were shipped. We all know there are A LOT of people out there who are gun guys who spend a lot of money on weapons. Look how many registered sears there are, and there are always people spending over $15k for those. If every SCAR shipped sold for for $8k, which we know didn't happen, that's still a drop in the bucket in the amount of gun guys who would spend that much money. Am I making sense? I'm tired and I can't tell if I'm getting my point across..

Gotta go rest, beat from a day on light duty!
David

[Bonedust]

I can't see it being worth more the $2 grand once the novelty wears off.
Can see why it would be more then an FS200 or 556

Agreed.

As soon as the AR's go back to the $600-$800 range, the only way the SCAR will be able to compete will be to drop down to the $1700- $2100 price range to be competitive with other higher end platforms like the AUG A3(being released Feb 09), FS2000, Sig 556, ect... If not, there fate will be sealed.

Keep in mind the sucess of the SCAR has NOTHING to do with civilian sales. It was not built, nor is FN intending on it being a competitive gun to the AR platform. it is a purpose built infantry gun to replace the M4 in every way. if civilian sales stop tomorrow, the SCAR project will still be a large sucess for FN. thousands of SCARs have been in world military hands since 2003, and FN ships 200 civilian guns and you guys are running up the red flag.

seeing as the SCAR carries a dealer price of over $2100 and an MSRP of $2850....i wouldnt hold my breath for the sub-$2k pricetag.

[MrNuke7571]

Hahahah These prices are rediculous.

Some azzhat is asking $8K for a SCAR-L on the ar15 forum.

And he wants people to stop IM-ing him about the price.

[James00]

Tanners has them for $2500 BUT they have a list, and i missed getting on it by one day
He told me to check this forum for when they will be taking deposits again, but i'm not certain where

[itstock]

Tanners has them for $2500 BUT they have a list, and i missed getting on it by one day
He told me to check this forum for when they will be taking deposits again, but i'm not certain where

Ray deals with the "other" FN forum, not this one.

[James00]

Got my deposits down, thanks itstock

[killswitch1982]

They are nice guns, and for those who can afford them they'll be getting a nice gun, but I just don't see what it offers over the Robinson XCR.

My XCR has been 100% reliable, it's easy to take care of, and it does pretty much everything the SCAR does, all for $1000 MSRP less.

I'm not bad mouthing the SCAR, FN makes EXCELLENT firearms, but I think it is just going to be a niche gun for those who can afford them and doesn't offer much more than the XCR or other designs.

[healthcommando]

Yeah, XCR is great--but it's not a SCAR.

The SCAR is only a bit more when you compare all the additions to get them equal (as shown in a thread by ITstock earlier this year).

[4thUSMC]

I saw them drop down to $4200-4500 then they went back up to $5800-6000. Not as many listed on GB like last month thats for sure.