carbine85
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If you are dropping the coin on a .308 semi auto rifle would buy the M1A or AR10 type rifle? The M1A start out at $1200 - $1300. You can get a lot of rifle in the AR for that money.
but is inherently based of a mediocre military battle rifle with a baseline accuracy goal of six inches at a hundred yards.
You can get a lot of AR-15 for that money, not a lot of AR-10...
With all that said, I'd opt for a SCAR 17 before the M1A or the AR10 right now. It's expensive, and it's new, but it might be worth looking into.
That's the wonderful thing about the market: we all have options.I jumped at the opportunity to play with one, and quickly discovered all the hype was just that. I'd take an AR-10, M1A, FAL or G-3 pattern over the SCAR time and again. The recoil impulse of the SCAR was nearly as much as a G3, but at least a G3 doesn't have a recipriocating bolt handle that tries to remove digits from your hand. If you want an FN-badged 7.62 autoloader, go for the FNAR. IMO, the SCAR was the wrong answer to a question that was never asked.