Building the Perfect SCAR 17

By Nick Leghorn

Every gun in my collection has a purpose. I start with a concept of what I want the gun to do and then I build something that is absolutely perfect for that role. Last year I finished off my ideal 300 AAC Blackout build with a new Noveske upper, but there’s something else I’ve been working on for hunting season that is on the other end of the 30 caliber spectrum. Not only is it quite possibly the perfect hunting rifle for anything under 500 yards, but it’s proof that even an ugly duckling like the SCAR 17 can evolve into a beautiful swan given the right mofications . . .

There’s little debate about the aesthetics of the original SCAR series of rifles. It just looks like an absolute trainwreck of function dictating form. That’s great for the military, but it sucks when you’re trying to show off on the range. I decided that in order to perfect this rifle, it needed to be shorter, slimmer, sleeker, and quieter. That meant changing the stock, the handguards, the barrel length (to an NFA regulated 13 inches), and adding a silencer at some point. While the tax stamps …Read the Rest

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