Talk:FN SCAR

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[edit] Not up to date

It is now early 2006, therefore this article is not exactly up to date. Dessydes

And nothing new has happened. It's only been three months or so since it was selected. Give them some time.--Asams10 22:31, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

The SCAR has failed a few military testing. Reliability is one of the major concerns. Special force personnel wasn't impress by it. I doubt it will deploy anytime soon. Most likely it will be cancel by the military. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.161.25.43 (talk) 07:54, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

Your comments are completely lacking in credibility and are, at best, wild conjecture. It IS deployed already and SF personnel DO like it. Please study the English language a bit more before you troll.--Asams10 06:36, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

So WHY was this rifle developed and deployed? There's no 'SCAR competition' article, so it would be nice to have things clear in this article about why the U.S. wanted ARs other than the M-16 for their Special Forces.

Signing your posts would help. There was a competition. Robinson Armament had the second place entry. [1]. I don't know who else was involved. For the record, this isn't an "AR", it's a new weapon that is more compact, more reliable, more modular, etc. The reason was that M4's were not getting the job done. Special Ops folks have always had their pick of weapons.--Asams10 17:56, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Actually, the XCR was never tested. It was booted from the competition after Robinson failed to deliver Blank Firing Adapters on time. Robison even complained about it on his website. HK was a no show, although it is reported that XM8 carbines equipped with rails were entered by a third party. Cobb's entry was reportedly eliminated due to a Daniel Defense rail prototype that became loose repeatedly. According to an article by Chris Bartocci (the author of Black Rifle II) in the July 2006 issue of Small Arms Review, the three Colt entries placed 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. --D.E. Watters 00:00, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Colt had entries? Where could I research this. Hadn't heard that yet. I've seen recent pictures of an old gas piston conversion design Colt had floated back in the 60's updated with rails and a quick change barre. The Colt LE1020 is what I think it's called. Looked like it solved most of the problems with the M16 family.--Asams10 01:48, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Bartocci only made brief mention of them in his article. He has stated on AR15.com that there will be a full article on the Colt SCAR entries in a later issue. --D.E. Watters 02:40, 10 June 2006 (UTC)