How do these prevent the upper receiver damage some are claiming the longer barrels cause on the 17s? Serious question, I have a deadshot 20" custom job on order with slightly thicker barrel profile and straight fluting...
Considering the entire FN OEM LB is engineered by FN's accredited and experienced engineers who designed the entire SCAR weapon family, I'm of the opinion the FN OEM barrel will not cause stress fractures to the 17S upper receiver.
Does anyone have experience with one of these? The barrel is still 1 in 12" twist and the specs say it's effective out to 900m. Just wondering how much of a difference it is compared to the 16".
If I could afford a second Scar 17S rifle, I would do this 20" barrel with a KDG MREX 6.5" and mount a nice scope on it. That would be hotness, but my gun buying is over for this year after this first Scar 17S, accessories, and Elcan scope. Regardless, I wonder if FN will end up offering a 20" version from the factory later this year or next year?
I can neither confirm nor deny anything that may or may not have happened aside from letting members of FNF know the fine folks at MGW received inventory of said item.
As much as I'd love to for the retail value I haven't missed what I was shooting at to 500 yards. I would really like to but my daughter proceeds Extended barrel. I want but I don't need it.
So except for a little longer range and a small percentage of velocity increase, what is the big hype about this barrel? For $1200 it should shoot around corners....
Waiting to see if they still have one after someone has installed and provided pics and a range report... I'll probably get one at some point if they are still available. I'm just on the fence about the benefits. While I'd like to add it to go with my FN pile... I think the 20" will be slightly unwieldy on my set up, and with my preference of extended rail... I've lost on the quick change ability. With that said you need something to cover that barrel length or the gun looks a bit off.
It's just good to see them available...choices and all that. People have have been clamoring for these as far back as I can remember.
Now, It would be pretty pointless for me to get one, given the distances at which I regularly shoot. It would be kind of like buying an RV for trips up and down the driveway. :mrgreen:
I also noticed the 18" barrel for the 16. I didn't even know that was a thing.
For semi-terrible shooters, a flattened trajectory on reliable a semi-auto with an awesome trigger CAN offer some benefits, no?
It may be able to level out the playing field against an average boltgunner on an opposing side of a hill.
Punches in bunches philosophy.
Give them the Stockton slap.
I was kinda interested in these when I first got my scar, if it was offered in a 1:10 twist I'd have a harder time passing it up but I think my 6.5cm ar10 and bolt gun have the longer range stuff covered.
I just got off the phone with one of their customer service reps. My barrel assembly will be shipping out today or tomorrow. He told me that they still have a number of them left in stock.
I guess one of the things that holds me back is not being able to swap barrels and optics as a unit. That is the one place where I think the AR has the advantage. When I would want a 20" barrel, I would want an optic with a 16-20x upper end range. On the 16" I like my ACOG. Maybe I am off base, but I have concerns about a interchangeable barrel and a quick detach mount on a high power scope having the repeat-ability it would need. I hope some of you guys here try something like this with your new barrels and can report back that it is a non issue.
Since we're all [sic]"Trust-Fund Babies", per some clown sharing their [sic]"Wisdom & Knowledge", the solution is simple 17heavy... setup another 17 specifically with the 20" barrel assembly. :th_shrug:
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