RIP to the SCAR, FN Ceased Production.

[Chev Chelios]

At least my unlicensed Airsoft copies are safe.  Think this will effect demand and future production of them in the Airsoft world?   

[Lyndication]

Companies still make M16 replicas and those ceased production decades ago.

[Austeyr]

26 minutes ago, Lyndication said:

Companies still make M16 replicas and those ceased production decades ago.

Same for WW2 replicas etc. Real firearms ceasing production has no bearing on the Airsoft market tbh

[DerDer]

Slovenian Army can't catch a break. First the FN2000 and now the Scar. 

[Lyndication]

Tbh it's not surprising given that they never really got that much adoption, and most of the European stock of them were donated to Ukraine.

 

Which is currently functioning as the graveyard of all the Cold War Classics.

[DerDer]

12 minutes ago, Lyndication said:

Tbh it's not surprising given that they never really got that much adoption, and most of the European stock of them were donated to Ukraine.

 

Which is currently functioning as the graveyard of all the Cold War Classics.

Exactly. From a customary glance of Wikipedia seems like the Belgians (very logical choice) and the Portuguese choose to make it their service rifle. The HK416 being adopted by a lot of the high speed folk didn't help things. 

[Adolf Hamster]

49 minutes ago, DerDer said:

Exactly. From a customary glance of Wikipedia seems like the Belgians (very logical choice) and the Portuguese choose to make it their service rifle. The HK416 being adopted by a lot of the high speed folk didn't help things. 

 

Didnt the us marines adopt it or am i mis-remembering?

[TheFull9]

Interesting news. One the one hand not surprising because it's never been truly popular and paying to keep those production lines going for decades now must have finally gotten annoying enough for the company to cut their losses, but on the flip side they really tried hard to push it for so long that it almost felt like they'd just have it on the back burner forever more.

 

Time has definitely moved on since it was designed though, the more recent LICC offerings have a lot more potential moving forward.

 

Given the popularity in games etc I don't see the airsoft replicas going anywhere any time soon, if ever. Most certainly not for a long time because moat of airsoft always lags years and years behind.

 

2 hours ago, Lyndication said:

Companies still make M16 replicas and those ceased production decades ago.

 

You talking about a specific manufacturer or version? FN still churns them out in the US.

I've not researched other mfgs, but there will be various other production around the world too I'm sure, given the large number of governmental forces that have adopted them and the massive proliferation/popularity of the design.

 

17 minutes ago, Adolf Hamster said:

Didnt the us marines adopt it or am i mis-remembering?

 

Not the SCAR, their standard rifle is basically a 416 though.

[Mtemprell]

The issue was fn had no real military interest in the scar and the only was acquired by SF units. Even then the us socom units soon removed it from their inventory as most soldiers didn't like it as much as had a more higher failure rate to the M4 platforms used. So fn discontinuing it i understand why. Luckily this won't effect Airsoft production as there will always be a need for it as a Airsoft gun.