{"id":155,"date":"2009-11-30T18:25:04","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T18:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.civiliantacticalweapons.com\/wpctw\/scar-vs-hk416\/"},"modified":"2009-11-30T18:25:04","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T18:25:04","slug":"scar-vs-hk416","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.civiliantacticalweapons.com\/wpctw\/scar-vs-hk416\/","title":{"rendered":"FN SCAR vs HK 416"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>This weeks video is pretty self explanatory.&nbsp; It is a range shoot between the FN SCAR and the HK 416.&nbsp; I may do a studio video in the future, breaking these two guns down further for a comparison if there is an interest.&nbsp; The main differences between these two guns is recoil.&nbsp; The FN SCAR 16S has very minimal recoil.&nbsp; The HK 416 has more recoil than a typical AR but feels like you could beat an Ogre over the head with the gun and not damage it.&nbsp; Doing an all day 1000 round plus per day shoot with an HK 416 will definetely remind you in the morning over a typical AR, however, it is a blast to shoot.&nbsp; The FN SCAR 16S has a much better recoil and a gentle feel to the gun you don&#8217;t get from the HK 416.&nbsp; You can effortlessly shoot the FN SCAR all day without any recoil pain.&nbsp; So you get the reliability of a better mechanical system than an AR, making it much more similiar to an HK 416 than an AR, but an easier day at the range.&nbsp; <\/P> <P>Keep in mind, the FN SCAR 16S has a built in compensator that makes second shot picture acquisition VERY easy.&nbsp; Based on the price tags of these two guns and sheer enjoyment they are both to shoot, I would recommend the FN SCAR 16S over the HK 416.&nbsp; If I were to rate one over the other for punishment (not reliability), I would rate the HK 416 as being a more rugged design.&nbsp; Considering the market segment I am talking to about this (Civilian\/Law Enforcement vs. Military application), I would pick the FN SCAR 16S over the HK 416.&nbsp; I think when FN makes a few improvements to the stock from a durability standpoint, I might change my mind.&nbsp; The stock, although very cool and multi function, I still feel it is not well designed enough to take a significant beating.<\/P> <P align=center>{youtube}6sO6Vi-5GQ8{\/youtube}<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weeks video is pretty self explanatory.&nbsp; It is a range shoot between the FN SCAR and the HK 416.&nbsp; I may do a studio video in the future, breaking these two guns down further for a comparison if there is an interest.&nbsp; The main differences between these two guns is recoil.&nbsp; The FN SCAR [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":63,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-155","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.civiliantacticalweapons.com\/wpctw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.civiliantacticalweapons.com\/wpctw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.civiliantacticalweapons.com\/wpctw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.civiliantacticalweapons.com\/wpctw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.civiliantacticalweapons.com\/wpctw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.civiliantacticalweapons.com\/wpctw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.civiliantacticalweapons.com\/wpctw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}