I fired a SCAR16 at a carbine class recently. It was the instructor's rifle, and he isn't overly impressed by it (nor am I). I find it funny that AR15 aficionados hate AR polymer lowers, but think the SCAR is the best thing since indoor plumbing (even though it has a plastic lower).

I've fondled about a half dozen different SCAR16's (no 17's yet), and they really don't impress me for the $2400 price tag.

I took my Sig556 Classic to the range last night (in the rain) and ran 170rds of Wolf ammo through it in less than 30 minutes. Lube was cooking off the barrel. I had zero malfunctions, and it took about 6 minutes to clean it (again - this was dirty Wolf ammo). This rifle was $1200 with Sig diopter sights.

Is the SCAR series 2x the rifle? I don't think it is.