How much are those selling for these days? The one I saw at the store about 2 months ago was selling for $3000. I was there that day to buy a Sig 556 SWAT model for half that price.
I paid 2600 +. I really like it. Have not had a chance to sight it in yet. Feels very good.
Everything I've read about it, guys are loving the uni-rail, folding buttstock, and the ability to swap barrels. It's also being touted as one rifle to replace several different AR10 and M14 variants in the 7.62 NATO role.
The grip is the standard AR grip which is something else I dislike about the AR, but that is easily fixed with the MagPul variant. The only model that is available to us civilians right now is the L for Light IIRC. We mere civilians don't get a shot at the H (heavy). Yet.
As to swapping barrels. A) I don't think any different barrels are available to us civilians at this time. Yet. It is much easier to change barrels on the XCR. There are no other barrels for the SCAR that I know of for we civilians.
I am thinking of converting and dedicating my XCR to 7.62x39 caliber. Cheap and it works well, from the folks that have done it.
Hey Fred, you are officially invited to be my secret santa from here on out. In case you were wondering, I'll go for the lower 1/3rd. Thanks!
Hey! Get in line. I have got two ex-wives, and two daughters. That is a very expensive list, trust me.
My youngest is in school here in Arizona, and my oldest at 31 just went back to Grad school, UT Austin and is getting married next year. That should be good for another 20 to 25 thousand. The upside is she is marrying a really smart guy I like, and that can afford her.
Her fiancée is an interesting guy, born in New Mexico, raised in Texas and a couple of Masters from Carnegie Mellon. Knows rifles and shotguns but knows Butkiss about handguns. Last time I was there I gave him a Ruger SR9 with 8 magazines to start with. He liked the grip better than the Glock I would have given him. I took him shooting and bought him a "new guy" shooting class. He just needs to get familiar with and trained on handguns. If he was local, I would do it myself.
(You know the difference between a wife and a daughter?.......................... You can't get rid of a daughter.)
Good luck, and to all and your loved ones, a very safe, prosperous and Happy New Year.
Fred