First of all. I will not disclose who told me this because it is a disclosure that FN will not take kindly to. So don't ask, don't IM me and don't ask me to explain myself. If you are one of the freaks who can't accept anything said on this board unless it can be verified eight ways to Sunday...then fine. I really don't care. So here goes....

Apparently, the initial factory run of SCAR upper receivers went to anodizing and came back way too "gold" for FN's specs. (Look at all advertisments, videos and such for the actual FN spec color of the upper, the upper and lower should pretty much match). It has been described to me that the anodizing of parts in FDE is tricky and can come out very "gold" looking if the process isn't done correctly.

So anyways, FN gets its first commercial run of uppers back from anodizing and they are very "gold". FN decides to go ahead and sell this huge batch of "gold" uppers and to call it a limited edition so that they can sell them without having to have them blasted and re-anodized...HAHA!

The next production run will be in the correct color for the uppers. So in a nutshell, the people paying $4500 for a "limited edition" are getting rifles that were actually screwed up and made in the wrong color. Smart move on FN's part. They took a botched run of uppers and turned them into a "gold" mine. No pun intended.

I personally do not like the gold look of the limited edition models at ALL. I think it looks stupid. I am glad that this is not supposed to be the final version of the SCAR because I will wait until they release the next "non-limited edition" run and get one that matches the lower.

This is how it should look.


This is how the bad batch came out.

Even in the photo of how it 'should' look, there are 3 different colors of FDE on the gun.

Stay focused here..keep your eye on the ball. We are talking about the upper receiver.

Look at the first photo, then look at the second. One is FDE and one is gold. One matches the other parts pretty well. The second is way too goldish brown.

We all know that there are a lot of variances in FDE depending on who makes the plastic and so forth. There is never a "true" match in color. Companies do the best they can. The severe variance in color between the pre-production models and the "limited edition" model is obvious. Hell, even the photos on the FNH USA web site show the better matching model with the correct finish on the upper.

That is freakin hilarious!

Sounds like FN may be reviewing their anodizing process, in terms of their supplier and

their own QC. Beyond that, it sounds like a very good business decision on FN's

part...calling it a LE. Why not? People will likely be happy to buy it, and they will

have a "limited" version of the gun.

I know the SCAR takes AR15 mags but... shouldnt this be in the FN forum...

Are you saying that the SCAR isnt a form of AR?
It's an assault rifle.

AR stands for Armalite, referring to the AR- series of weapons.

No. That's way too easy.

Moving to General Firearms discussion.

Fantastic.

Seriously?