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Gun Porn: FNH SCAR 17S/Heavy from Victory-First



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This image showed up on the FNH Facebook wall today. If you're interested, the guy behind the rifle is RECOIL contributor Matt Jacques of Victory First Consulting. Matt has a history with FNH USA, having spent two years as their Senior Manager for Weapons Integration and Training Operations. While there he was involved in every aspect of the SCAR program as well as all development and training aspects of the M249, M240 and the FN SPR sniper rifle systems. Here's a closer look at it:

What you see here is Matt's personal SCAR17S/Heavy. If you go from muzzle to buttstock you'll see:

Midwest Industries SSR rail

XS Sights BUIS

Surefire X300

Versa Pod claw bipod (in prototype; Jacques is evaluating it)

Tareinco VTP sling

VLTOR SCAR buttstock

LaRue SPR QD mount

Leupold 2.5-8 Illuminated Mildot

Docter MRD

LaRue SPR offset

Images courtesy of Victory First and Optix Photography.

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