Fantastic Customer XCR-L Review

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I thought I'd share this great XCR-L review that was done by our friends at Weekend Gunslingers. It is always nice to see such in depth independent reviews of products, especially done right here in Canada!

Thanks for letting us share this video!

 
I am happy some more positive press came to the XCR! People were quite adament on how bad these rifles were but I love mine. I gotta get me a light barrel tho!
 
Outstanding:)

Outstanding video!!! Like the humor of "Criminals don't know how to use power drill" :dancingbanana:
 
The weight is the biggest downfall of the quad-rail version. I don't have much faith in the accuracy of the pencil barrel. I do own a quad rail version and the trigger is fantastic. Mine is currently undergoing a DMR makeover after purchasing a DD for range fun. People moan about apparent accuracy issues, but mine shoots quite well (for a gas gun) with handloads. Maybe I am one of the lucky ones that picked a tight rifle.
 
OldRussian said:
The weight is the biggest downfall of the quad-rail version. I don't have much faith in the accuracy of the pencil barrel. I do own a quad rail version and the trigger is fantastic. Mine is currently undergoing a DMR makeover after purchasing a DD for range fun. People moan about apparent accuracy issues, but mine shoots quite well (for a gas gun) with handloads. Maybe I am one of the lucky ones that picked a tight rifle.
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The quad rail version could be lighter if you replace the heavy barrel with the light barrel.
 
Personally I have not had any accuracy issues with the keymod/light barrel combo. I plan on doing a short accuracy video but with the current weather I am pretty much limited to a 50m indoor range. I am not sure how useful that will be.
 
100M is the yardstick. Everything I own shoots great at 50M :)
I'm really curious about the light vs heavy barrel. I'd be inclined to get a keymod/heavy barrel setup to avoid stringing when the barrel heats up.
I haven't seen a comparison anywhere, if you have a friend with a heavy barrel model it would make a great comparison video.
 
I've had the quad rail and a keymod, the keymod has been equal if not slightly more accurate at 100m from the bench. Not a scientific test by any means but that was my experience. Maybe it was me that improved, but any benefit the heavy barrel holds over the light is completely negated by the added weight. It's not meant to be a sniper rifle anyways.
 
Excellent video. Thanks for posting it. I've had my 5.53 XCR-L with light barrel and keymod fore since late summer. It's excellent to carry around. I like the balance, as I have an old left shoulder injury that doesn't allow me to shoot heavy stuff from standing for long without point of aim getting wobbly,and this one lets me sight on a varmint to wait out a good shot easily for quite some time over a heavier barrel. Functionally flawless so far, and a lot of fun to shoot, not a lot of muzzle rise you stay on target for a followup shot if the um, ammo is faulty and you miss the first one. Next present to myself is the 7.62 barrel. Can't say enough good about dealing with Wolverine also. Fine bunch.
 
andrew3081 said:
The quad rail version could be lighter if you replace the heavy barrel with the light barrel.
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The pencil barrel is what worries me about accuracy. I have noticed my heavy barrel open up after shooting 50+ rapid shots, I can only imagine how much a pencil barrel would open up. I'm sure they are on the same level for the first few rounds, but after that the heavy barrel brings home the bacon.

A keymod heavy barrel would be ideal. Excellent grip profile while shooting on target during rapid plinking sessions.
 
OldRussian said:
The pencil barrel is what worries me about accuracy. I have noticed my heavy barrel open up after shooting 50+ rapid shots, I can only imagine how much a pencil barrel would open up. I'm sure they are on the same level for the first few rounds, but after that the heavy barrel brings home the bacon.

A keymod heavy barrel would be ideal. Excellent grip profile while shooting on target during rapid plinking sessions.
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You save more weight going from heavy barrel to light barrel.
I believe the weight difference is 0.8lbs between heavy and light barrel.
And it is 0.5lbs between quad rail and keymod rail.
 
OldRussian said:
The pencil barrel is what worries me about accuracy. I have noticed my heavy barrel open up after shooting 50+ rapid shots, I can only imagine how much a pencil barrel would open up. I'm sure they are on the same level for the first few rounds, but after that the heavy barrel brings home the bacon.

A keymod heavy barrel would be ideal. Excellent grip profile while shooting on target during rapid plinking sessions.
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But you haven't even tried the light barrel... The difference won't be as noticeable as you think. Although I can't say I've tried hand loads in my XCR, so maybe you have higher standards of accuracy than me. You're right about the keymod grip though. A serious improvement for real.

I use the XM193 ammo in my XCR-L 5.56 keymod. At 100M, hot and cold barrel, my groups are roughly the size of a man's face (I haven't noticed any change with barrel temp). Pretty much the exact size of the red dot at that distance(I don't think I could ask for more). If I used something more precise than a red dot, I imagine my accuracy would improve dramatically at that distance and greater. But down in Calgary, I'm still looking for a place to shoot that goes beyond 100m. Maybe after 50+ rounds your arms are just getting tired from holding up all that barrel ;) lol
 
The only 100m measure I have was ringing a small steel pistol target pretty easily using the EoTech XPS2.0 dot sight and milsurp norinco ball ammo. I am happy with that kind of accuracy at the range I intend to use it. I am sure the rifle is more accurate than I am :)
 
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