Crusader Arms Templar quality control issues and response
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They are actually making the manual currently. Service department said they will be shipping me a first edition. I'll probably upload a link with the pdf file so people can check everything out. I should get my rifle back sometime next week. I also didn't know how to disassemble it and i'm not going to watch an AR180 video and just assume its the same lol.
I don't say this to insult anyone's intelligence, but isn't primary disassembly a simple matter of pushing out the Rear Takedown Pin to rotate down the Lower Receiver (just like an AR15), then elevating the muzzle to allow the Bolt Carrier Assembly to slide out of the Upper Receiver? I'd be very surprised if the designers had not made the rifle as simple to field-strip as possible, so it ought to be a very intuitive process. Watch a couple of Youtube videos on disassembly of the AR15 if you are entirely unfamiiar with the process and that ought to translate almost directly across, based on what I can see of the rifle's layout from still photos. Removal of the Bolt from the Bolt Carrier will also be a very similar process to that of the AR15. Inspect all parts for damage or excessive wear, then lightly lubricate all areas that bear on other parts with particular attention to sliding surfaces such as the Bolt Carrier and Receiver Rails. Reassemble in reverse order, paying attention that the Bolt is pulled forward within the Bolt Carrier during insertion into the Upper Receiver, so that the Cam Pin aligns correctly with the Upper Receiver's internal Rail.
The Gas System's design is still a mystery to me, so I won't address the secondary field-stripping of that part of the rifle. Aside from the Gas System however, that's it, that's all there is to typical field-stripping and assembly. There's no mystery and nothing to be afraid of. You can't and won't hurt anything by stripping and reassembling your riflle, so don't hesitate or be afraid to intimately familarize yourself with your new investment!
Best of Luck to those with the confidence to press ahead!
Gotcha, thanks for the addition! Having to push in the Guide Rod Plate to separate the rear of the Upper and Lower Receivers is a pretty typical setup for any of the AR180-derived designs. Having never handled the Templar I am simply going by the handful of photos that I have seen online.
Any chance you can describe how to disassemble the Gas System? Eg. Piston removal?
It's ok, I am used to it
Yeah, me too. That's why I included it!
I like the branding of it . You should have went to the booth at least to handle the thing.
According to Crusader/Spectre LTDs Instagram, HoserGunGuy is close to finishing his. Looking forward to it, as he gives a good work over of firearms in his reviews. Apparently a heavily tatooed female firearms enthusiast is reviewing it, but her name escapes me, and that review may only be on cable TV. There may be more coming, but those are the specific ones I have read of so far.
The branding is pretty awful and I will never call it a "templar" my friends and I already call it "the 180" lol
Consider this thread the beginning of my review before getting the rifle into the field.
It handles good. But it seems like they had the stock waaay too extended at taccom. Like I'm 6'5 and maybe had it on the 2nd or third notch when clearing my empty apartment over and over again
If they just called it a "180b" or something, it would have been perfect. SUMMON THE TEMPLARS, we got a ####ing dungeon to clear boys.
Well the new guns on the way from the factory. And my experience in dealing with spectre was honestly fantastic. Probably only took 3 weeks to a month to get everything done which seems pretty fair for work like this (building a brand new rifle/testing etc.). Maybe a day or so in between e-mails, and communication was solid. Hoping everyone else is having the same experience if they had to send theirs in for work. Got a primary arms 1-8x slx I'm going to throw on it. I'll probably post some pictures of the new rifle here, or make a new thread and share the performance and stuff.
