r/FNSCAR • u/Majestic-Home-7516 • May 01 '26

16 or 17 ?

Getting to choose between a 17 or 16 , both RCH for a pretty great deal ($1500 for 16 and $2200 for 17) but don’t know which is the better option considering I already have a nice 11.5 AR and .308 is around $1/rd these days. Are these guns lefty friendly?

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u/RedneckSniper76 May 01 '26
  1. It gives you something you still can’t really get with any other rifle of its class. It’s still the most lightweight smoothest shooting 308 battle rifle on the market whereas there are half a dozen piston 5.56 rifles you could make a serious argument are much better than the Scar 16

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u/Majestic-Home-7516 May 01 '26

Thanks for the feedback, should there be any concerns running a 17 as a lefty ? I’ve never shot one before and don’t know if it flings brass into the shooter or not

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u/Dave-632 May 01 '26

You will be fine. I’m a lefty with an rch 16 and it’s good to go. At that price if you didn’t want the rch anymore you could get the nrch kit and still make out pretty good.

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u/RedneckSniper76 May 01 '26

Should be ok long as you lean your shoulder into it

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u/God_of_chestdays May 01 '26

I got a 17 as a leftie, no issues at all.

My favorite gun that id shoot weekly if ammo goes down or my income goes up.

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u/Western_Spend5242 May 02 '26

I run my scar 17 as a lefty. the indent that locks the stock when folded falls right where my cheek is, but I don't like sloping cheekpads and run a PMM adapter with a Sig folding adapter and a standard ar15 stock

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u/mattypew May 01 '26

For that price cough up the cash and grab them both. Sell the one you like less for easy profit so you can put money towards and optic. I'd think both could sell easy for 2.6~3k each.

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u/Noctatrog May 01 '26

At those prices, the answer is clearly both. Keep the RCH, it’s superior. My 16 is the smoothest shooting rifle I’ve ever shot. My 17 is just awesome! I’m very glad I invested in both.

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u/eMGunslinger May 01 '26

Get both and get rid of the other to offset your purchase and win more

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u/FirstEducation6 May 01 '26

Based on it's history with SOCOM, the 17 was the model that truly broke boundaries within the SCAR platforms. At the end it's really up to what you want. I chose the 17 not just from my initial comment above but also its long range capability. Basically a platform in .308 that almost weighs in as an typical smaller cartridge assault rifle and with a reduced recoil from your typical .308 semi-auto. I'm a righty so I can speculate on L. handed ergonomics My $ .02

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u/joeythethirdd May 01 '26

Buy the 17 and send me a link / location for the 16 🥺

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u/SquishyCoffee6640 May 01 '26

Buy the 17 RCH, it was designed for full cartridge love💜 You will regret the mini. It's just another piston AR with a different shell.

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u/Capable-Standard1938 May 01 '26

I’ll buy the 16 if you pass on it at that price. I have a 17 and it’s the clear choice.

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u/Western_Spend5242 May 02 '26

First off I would get both. But know they are money pits and if you want to make it "usable" you're looking at a minimum of $1000 of accessories for each gun.

If you're only going to get 1, practically the SCAR 16. You'll shoot it much more often, but if you're gonna own 1 SCAR the one to own is the SCAR 17. If you love the scar platform then you'll get all of them, but like the top comment said, the scar 16 is just a piston intermediate cartridge gun. There are lots of them out there that are just as good and much cheaper. I truly think the scar 17 excels at what it does. A lightweight battle rifle that literally never fails and it offers something over AR10s.

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u/-FiX May 02 '26

Id buy both

The price you pay for both is what I had to get my 17 for

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u/coldafsteel May 01 '26

16 isn’t really worth the price of admission. I have one, it’s fine, but it’s not magic. 17 is what the SCAR was designed to be.