I can't find them for less than $3k. It still baffles me that the DoD refused to adopt them, both the 5.56 and 7.62 variations. Quite a versatile and smooth weapon.
I was impressed how a rifle as light as the SCAR 17 could have such little recoil for a 308 round. I am assuming they are as easy to field strip and clean as an AR platform, but I can't say that from personal experience.
They’re made of plastic, too light so The Recoil impluse breaks all the Optics, and it was heavily Lobby by FN and a bunch of DC lobbyists to the DoD. It was never ever tested or approved by Socom operators... there is a story out there of a command master chief when asked to test some of the first scar 16s, he broke it over his knee in the wardroom and handed it back and goes “I think you better make this thing a little tougher, my life depends on it” ... That’s why it was rejected.