I did an incredibly stupid thing today.
I'm in Calgary with time to kill so I swung by The Shooting Edge. Much to my excitement they had an XCR on the rack. I played around with it for about 10 minutes, my first time handling the rifle. I checked out all the features and ergonomics of this nifty rifle. I then asked they guy if I could pop it open to check out the internals. I guess they don't let window shoppers do this.
So I bought it.
I think I'll put a folding stock on it tomorrow. Then I'll figure out how I'm going to pay for this.
I was in there Wednesday night, so don't think it was you if you are talking about Monday.
Time for a mini review. I haven't shot it yet but we had it all apart in the shop today and looked it over.
From a manufacturing stand point, I'm very unimpressed. The machining and general construction is alright, but not worth $2300. The ejector plate thing makes me cringe. The floppy and loose charging handle is also unimpressive. The bolt catch you can reach with your trigger finger is a great feature but it is sloppy and loose. Basically, they cheaped out on quality to get the rifles banged out as fast as they could for as cheap as they could. So many screws on this thing just waiting to loosen up and fall out.
The Rodbarm folding mechanism is a flaming pile of s**t. It's like they started designing a folding mech and then just said, "Meh, that's good enough." Nothing holds the stock in the folded position but friction on two plastic washers. You tighten the hinge pin screw to get the right friction on it. Shaking the rifle will cause the stock to flop around. When locked up in the fixed position there is play in the mechanism. There is also a random screw that we can't figure out what it does. I think you are supposed to back it out to get rid of the play but then it will be loose? Needless to say, the Canadian built folding mechanism will be greatly improved if I have any say in it.
How did you get your hands on a Robarm folding stock, you ask? I'm better than you, that's how.
In summary, from a "haven't shot it" stand point the XCR gets a thumbs down. It is a decently designed rifle that I'm sure will work fine but plain and simple it is not worth $2300. Save your money, pass on this rifle and wait for the Canadian built .308 black rifle.
I did check it out first but not thoroughly as they wouldn't let me pop it open in the store. I could only look at the outside.
The M96 was, and still is, an awesome rifle. Robarm should have stuck with that. Hell, they should have just tweaked it and added some of the features the XCR has. It's a shame they quit making it.I almost bought an M96. Wolverine had a used one for sale for $600. I jumped and then dude said the ad was wrong and it was $2100, used.
I did an incredibly stupid thing today.
I'm in Calgary with time to kill so I swung by The Shooting Edge. Much to my excitement they had an XCR on the rack. I played around with it for about 10 minutes, my first time handling the rifle. I checked out all the features and ergonomics of this nifty rifle. I then asked they guy if I could pop it open to check out the internals. I guess they don't let window shoppers do this.
So I bought it.
I think I'll put a folding stock on it tomorrow. Then I'll figure out how I'm going to pay for this.
Throw a railed forend on an AR180B and I would say these rifles are nearly equals. The XCR takes the lead by having an aluminum lower and other nice features like an external bolt catch. Quality wise, they are on par with each other. The AR180B is priced reasonably for what you get. The XCR is not.
