So I finally got a chance to handle an honest-to-goodness FNH SCAR-20s rifle. And here are my initial observations:
- The Geiselle trigger is a significant upgrade.
- The rifle does seem much heaver than one would assume.
- The 20s stock does NOT fold, but is significantly more ergonomic than a 17s.
- The rifle twist is 1:12 which most US users consider slow.
- The muzzle device is a flash hider not the typical SCAR muzzle break.
- Adjusting gas setting is a non-issue with extended upper.
- The barrel does have SIX locking points.
- I still think it’s expensive.
Right off the bat, I am a SCAR guy. But it is no secret I believe FNH is setting the MSRP too high on the 17 & 20. But it’s a one-off design. So they can get away with it for a while.
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- Friend’s SCAR-20 Nightforce Scope
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- SCAR-20. First Impressions.
But on the price front, I want to give FN some well earned props on something. The trigger. The owner of this 20 previously owned a SCAR-17. The same some featured on this website many, many times. One thing he had done was upgrade the factory trigger with the shootingsight.com RPS SCAR trigger.
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- Factory SCAR-20 Trigger
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- Geiselle Super Scar trigger
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- Trigger lowered.
That trigger was great. It was reliable. It was crisp. And it was a nice upgrade that lasted for thousands of rounds on the SCAR-17. With zero issues. But something is immediately clear when I started fiddling with the SCAR-20:
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- SCAR-20 Gas Adjust
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- Factory Flash hider in lieu of a break.
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- 6 screw barrel connection.
The Geiselle trigger that comes factory standard on the SCAR-20’s is noticeably better. Not even debatable. And I have always looked at the price of Geiselle’s triggers with a jaundiced eye. But in this case, whatever you can find a Geiselle’s Super SCAR trigger for price wise, mentally deduct that number from the MSRP on the SCAR-20. It’s a dollar-for-dollar tradeoff.
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- But VERY, VERY comfortable over the 17.
Sincerely,
Marky
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