After months of waiting, I finally picked up my SCAR 17S. Just the experience of purchasing one was worth it alone. Nothing like walking up to the gun counter with a packed house of fudds eyeing the glass and wall racks, and then your box comes out, you open it up, pull out to inspect a beautiful 50 shades of FDE with a ghetto gold finish, and jaws drop with audible gasps are heard because not every man can purchase the $3,000 Ferrari. And damn strait if it's a $3k rifle, it better be plated in ghetto gold. Dat BLING.
I was congratulated by many onlookers in their jealousy with comments like "Merry Christmas, to you!" or "Somebody just bought themselves one helluva new toy!" and my favorite "I wish that was legal in my state!", all reaffirming my purchase.
I have no regrets, (and I did not pay full price btw, but FNs military price). Next up, tomorrow I'll be installing the geissele super SCAR trigger, figuring out what piece of glass to put on it, and what ammo it loves to be fed.