sturmgewehr
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Jaws,
I own several AR's and even a Colt M16A2. I've been a life long fan of the AR/M16 platform and have served with it in the USMC as an 0311.
I love the rifle.
But I also now own a SCAR. While I haven't used the SCAR for 20+ years like I have the AR, it has impressed me significantly. It is, IMHO, a superior rifle in a number of areas. Ergonomically, it's superior... which is hard for even me to believe. But it is.
I can't speak to the long term reliability yet as I've not owned the SCAR long enough to properly test it and say with certainty that I know it's more reliable than the AR/M16.
As for SOCOM dumping it, even the cited article spells that decision out pretty clearly.
COST.
They have chosen to spend their money elsewhere given their limited budget. If the SCAR was vastly superior to the M4, they could justify the cost. But alas, I don't believe any 5.56mm rifle is vastly superior to the M4. The cost of maintaining the SCAR-L is simply too much for SOCOM to bare. It's totally understandable. I just wish they would have come to this conclusion before wasting millions of tax payers dollars opening trials, testing, buying, deploying, THEN deciding they can't afford it.
Typical government non-sense.
I own several AR's and even a Colt M16A2. I've been a life long fan of the AR/M16 platform and have served with it in the USMC as an 0311.
I love the rifle.
But I also now own a SCAR. While I haven't used the SCAR for 20+ years like I have the AR, it has impressed me significantly. It is, IMHO, a superior rifle in a number of areas. Ergonomically, it's superior... which is hard for even me to believe. But it is.
I can't speak to the long term reliability yet as I've not owned the SCAR long enough to properly test it and say with certainty that I know it's more reliable than the AR/M16.
As for SOCOM dumping it, even the cited article spells that decision out pretty clearly.
COST.
They have chosen to spend their money elsewhere given their limited budget. If the SCAR was vastly superior to the M4, they could justify the cost. But alas, I don't believe any 5.56mm rifle is vastly superior to the M4. The cost of maintaining the SCAR-L is simply too much for SOCOM to bare. It's totally understandable. I just wish they would have come to this conclusion before wasting millions of tax payers dollars opening trials, testing, buying, deploying, THEN deciding they can't afford it.
Typical government non-sense.