I don't see them selling very many $1k barrels. I know some people will buy them but I doubt enough will pony up for that price

Assuming this is a legit price quote, I'm just going to sit back and wait for the price to drop. Sooner or later, it will.

Dont worry to much, a freind of mine hit the FN booth at SHOT, they told him the same thing, but they said the price on barrels was yet to be detrimined, but they would be in or about what other comparable barrels go for which leaves allot for a price range though.

I understand that point of view also, however the barrels that have been going on gunbroker either came from parted out rifles or host import guns

That means that the supply is minimal and demand is very high

Given the relatively small number of SCAR enthusiast in the US, FNH making the barrels here domestically takes the supply problem out of the equation assuming that they make them in any sufficient numbers at all, and if FNH ever wants to have the SCAR gain popularity in the market then replacement parts at a affordable price is a must IMHO

Seems to me that FNH would be "shooting themselves in the foot" by price gouging the replacement barrels. Look at the FNH CHF AR15 barrels sold by PSA for $189.95

http://palmettostatearmory.com/index.php/ar-15-05/upper-parts/psa-16-hf-cl-mp-m4-barrel.html

The manufacturing process for the SCAR barrel is going to be the same as for the AR15 barrels with the exception of a different program for the contour and a different extension/trunion, You cant tell me that the piston assy and lower rail would cost $800

I will pay $1000 for a complete 20" barrel ready to drop in my SCAR 17. Would make a neat comparison to my SR-25 to see how it does. I would like it to have a target crown (plane end).

1k is a little much, hopefully we will see them well under that at retail. I'll be getting one either way as I have a pending stamp on a 17s but don't want to be stuck with a 13" only barrel.

I can't remember where, but I saw a parts cost replacement sheet for a SCAR for the .mil and the barrel assembly was in the $250 range.. $1000 is purely civilian privilege fuckery.

So is it a SCAR 16, or 17 that you will be selling? FDE, or Black?

If you expect to get barrel assemblies in teh $250 range, you're just being unrealistic.

Take a look at the prices for quality uppers these days. This isn't that far out of line. If the street price is $800, they'll sell a ton of them.

You didn't buy a SCAR thinking it was a "budget" rifle, didya?

I'm telling ya, it'll be at least $750 street price.

I'd argue there's very little difference bwtween a quality upper and quality barrel assembly. What's the difference? A $50 piece of aluminum? The rail system issue can be argued, and it's a good point. You only get the bottom rail with the barrel assembly. But there's a lot of cost in the gas block assembly, compared to an AR. Look at what an LWRCi piston AR upper costs for a comparison. If you take out the cost of the rail system and the upper reciver (let's call it $400) and the rear BUIS (say, $125), you're still talking about an MSRP of over $1300. By that measure, $1000 for a SCAR barrel assembly ain't too bad! And $800 is starting to look like a bargain! Even PWS uppers are $1200 bucks. Take off $400 for the rail and upper, but add $100 for the front BUIS, and they're sitting at $900.

tell you guys what. I'll look up the price of an M240B barrel today and let you know what Uncle Same is paying for it. That way you KNOW you're getting bent over by FN for a barrel.

$1K barrels is ridiculous.

ETA: $841 for a M240G/N barrel I couldn't find it for the Bravo. That's a carry handle, gas regulator, Flash hider and front sight.

So, given that the scar would only need a gas block, yeah, 1k is still ridiculous.

Comparing a 240 barrel assy or 249 barrel assy to the SCAR barrel assy is more in line than the previous arguements of a AR barrel assy. Very similar parts list, amount of machining; Id say $800-1000 is fair. I would expect a barrel assy for one of the other MG's to a private individual to be significantly highter than $850 since you are only buying 1 or 2, while uncle sam contracted 250k or more. Comparing our price to the mil price is unrealistic.

There are m249 barrels like new or excellent condition for $200-500 on Sturmgewher all the time