I was involved a little in the DOD SCAR experience. Here is what killed the gun.
FN overgassed it badly.
The gas regulation is poorly thought out.
Leadership didn't give troops the training time to overcome the reciprocating charging handle.
The handguard design and length is from 2001, which exacerbated the charging handle issue.
The mags were ungodly expensive. They shouldn't be. D&H makes the mags.
It is 3000 dollars. The price they were selling for, post sample to dealers at Shot when they first came out, was 900 dollars. That is what FN should have remembered when selling them.
If you bite the bullet on the mags, put in a 3 select regulator from mototech, and put a KDG extended handguard on, the gun is the BEST shooting large frame 308 ever. It is light, soft shooting, and accurate.
It should have had a minimum of post issue development but everyone wanted to shit on it because it was different. However, it was the best small arms iteration of the last 20 years.
