Re: Got my SCAR 17 S in
Shot my SCAR today. Was a great day no wind about 30 degrees out. The SCAR functioned nearly flawlessly. I did have it fail to lock back once. But no failures to feed or eject. Accuracy was about what I expected but not as good as I had hoped. I wanted 1 to 1.5 MOA but was ready to settle for 2 moa due to it having a light chrome lined barrel. I sighted the gun in with its irons at 50 yards, the side mounted red dot at 50 yards, The Trijicon TR 24 at 50 yards and the Nightforce 2.5-10x32 Low Velocity Reticle at 100 yards on the 100 yard mark. I used 2 factory loads that I am going to use for duty. The 155 grain Hornady TAP AMAX load for general duty to limit penetration. The other load I am going to carry is Hornady’s 165 grain TAP Barrier load. Which I will use for animal calls and for situations where you need more penetration like shooting in and around vehicles. I also fired 3 different handloads I had on hand from my bolt gun testing.
Here are the targets.
After all the bench work I shot a department qualification so I can carry this at work. Since I am the firearms instructor I can qualify myself. (Honor system)
I dropped 3 points. I jerked one shot after reloading on the reload stage. The other two were pulled low on the walking and shooting stage. Overall about the same as my typical performance with a 5.56 AR.
This was an easy .308 rifle to shoot but it was still a bit harder than my 5.56 patrol rifle due to the increased recoil. I need to find a good magazine coupler for this rifle. The reload was slow. The Geisselle trigger was absolutely fantastic like all my Geisselle AR triggers. It was easy to make good shots. I can only blame the 3 pulled shots on myself not the trigger or the gun.
I am happy the gun is light for what it is and handles well. Its reliable, and its accurate enough for what I need it to do. I also like the fact that my ball reload was shooting nearly as well as my reloads with match bullets. I do want to work with this gun to get my accuracy down to 1.5 moa. I think I can do it just need to find a load it likes. I plan on taking the SCAR to a local three gun match this coming Sunday. I will post the videos afterwards. I am happy with this gun. I just wish some different barrels would come out soon. (Praying for a 18 or 20 inch stainless medium contour barrel for three gun)
Below is one of my handloads compared to my log entry for my 20 inch Remington 700 Tactical.
Remington 700
Load 168 grain Amax Federal cases trimmed to 2.05, Federal Primers, N140 42.3 grains.
Accuracy average .88
Chrono
Avg 2441
Spread 35
SD 16
Weather conditions 30 degrees no wind.
SCAR 17
Load 168 grain Amax Federal cases trimmed to 2.05, Federal Primers, N140 42.3 grains.
Chrono
AVG 2263
Spread 51
SD 26
Avg group size from 4 5 shot groups 2.20 MOA
My Rifle LOG on the SCAR to date.
SCAR 17 Log
3-18-12
Round count used gun claimed 400. Added 160 Total 560 rounds.
Factory load 155 grain AMAX TAP
Chrono Data
Avg 2706
Spread 15
SD 8
Average accuracy of 5 5 shot groups 1.84 inches
Factory load 165 grain TAP barrier load
Chrono
Avg 2552
Spread 21
SD 11
Average group size for 2 5 shot groups 1.84 inches
Hand load 168 grain AMAX 42 grains of N140 Federal cases and primers
Chrono
AVG 2263
Spread 51
SD 26
Avg group size from 4 5 shot groups 2.20 MOA
Handload 43.6 grains of H335 147 grain Winchester FMJ CCI Primers Federal cases Lee crimp die used.
Chrono
AVG 2577
Spread 12
SD 7
AVG group size 2 5 shot groups 2.22 moa
