First shots with my XCR-M... Smooth operator...

ccwcanada said:
-M? Put a scope on it and give us your range report, with pics please :)
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Yup it's an M. It may be a little while before I shoot it. I was kinda thinking about doing a range report etc on both the XCR-M and RFB at the same time. Kinda like a RFB vs XCR-M non restricted 308 shoot out. So just waiting on my RFB.
 
Mounted my Bushnell Elite 6500 2.5-16x42 off my previous hunting rifle on my XCR-M last night. Why? Cause I plan on hunting with this fine piece of steel.

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Still waiting for my RFB to show up.
 
Ahhh...got mine the other day. Slapped a cheap 4X on it for pics..then I went and tweaked some of my .308 handloads from my bolt gun and going to see if I can get out to the range soon. Not much ammo right now but something to put on paper.



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What bullets are you using? if your reload recipe works well for you post it. I load prety hot in my bolt gun and wouldnt use those loads in the XCR. I was going to experiment with some lighter loads this summer but if you start a base line to work off of it would be nice to see what you develope and how the XCR performs with handloads.
 
Sorry not my rifle any more but it was. It's a standard Magpul 7.62x51. 5/20 Pmag. Same as the one I tried to link for you awile ago with no luck. Everyone appears to be sold out at the moment.
 
you just missed out, I had a suplus to my needs of 14 mags that I just sold on the EE( I kept a dozen) for a reasonable price, there are some one there right now but in this sellers market they are priced very high.
 
What bullets are you using? if your reload recipe works well for you post it. I load prety hot in my bolt gun and wouldnt use those loads in the XCR. I was going to experiment with some lighter loads this summer but if you start a base line to work off of it would be nice to see what you develope and how the XCR performs with handloads.
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I have a few basic 180 g SN hunting rounds that will get me on paper. Then I am going to see what kind of luck I will get with some of my leftover loads from my .308 bolt gun. They are 155.5 Berger fullbore bullets with Varget. I just had to squeeze the OAL down a notch or two to fit the PMAG. And they are still under max load according to Hodgdon so should be fine. Like I mentioned I haven't shot .308 in a bit so am low on ammo.. but its just the beginning. :dancingbanana:



That's a good looking rifle father hood
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Hey Factionrr...expect that from you.. LOL. By the way, ever heard of buyers remorse? Well I have the exact opposite of that!!
 
So I managed to steal away an hour or so at the gun range today to fire off the few rounds I had and test out my new XCR-M for the first time. I must say, I really did enjoy shooting it and am quite impressed with the accuracy so far even though this was a very short test run.

I was off the bench with a front support only and after hitting paper at 50yards and adjusting zero, I moved out to 100 for a group.

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Learned a few things about this rifle today regarding optics. I thought I would mount my 4-16 X 50 for better group shooting, but my rings for it were for a bolt gun with a raised rail so I learned that my rings aren't high enough for this flat top rail on the XCR. :(
I have this cheap NCstar 4X that I bought for sh&*ts and giggles when I had a SR22...so on it went. Slight trouble with height on this as well. Just couldn't get my cheek low enough to get a full sight picture. The picture below shows the blacked out top part of my view when behind it. I know the fast stock can adjust more by removing the set screws, but I just dealt with it the way it was today and tried to be consistent.

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So here is the group it made at 100 yrds. Squares are 1" so this 5 round group was right around the 1.25" mark. Knowing that this was my first time ever even firing it and dealing with not so perfect optic set up...I am totally pleased with it. Not that its going to be a pure target rifle or keep up with the bolt guns..just not what I bought it for. Its just fantastic knowing that its capable of this kind grouping for all the different uses I have planned for it. :cool:


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For those that wanted to know..These rounds were..

155.5g Berger Fullbore
Varget powder (not sure if we are suppose to post our charges?)
Norma brass
Federal 210M primer
Adjusted OAL to 2.815 just enough to fit the pmag
 
I think there is a real potential to this rifle, sub moa, is not out of order with a good tailored load, i will start them with 155 gr Lapua Scenar, those are quite good and they are the main ingredient of my pet load for my Nemesis, looking forward to spring... JP.
 
Nice shooting buddy, next time your heading to range take me with. You can mount up the Elite Tactical 10x I had on it just to give a go, not too mention Im not a member of any range and would love to come check it out.
 
caramel
I think there is a real potential to this rifle, sub moa, is not out of order with a good tailored load
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I dare agree with this statement....why, because I know that my first round at 100 was the high one..then I settled in a bit and fired two more that still landed around the 1" mark. That's all I loaded at first..I went to the spotting scope, then back and wanted to fire an additional two rounds separately into the same group to see if there would be any significant shift. And like the picture shows..all 5 still ended up landing in a nice neat group all together. So ya, factor in a few more sessions and I can see this breaking 1 moa as well.


factionrr
next time your heading to range take me with you
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That'd be awesome, love to. I actually txt'd you from the range today with a copy of the target but it didn't want to send. I was just happy and wanted you to see what your great rifle was up to.. ha ha. Thanks again for the sale!



Long Range Canuck

Nice job, good to see the group and that it falls in line with my results and not a shot pattern from a 12 gauge
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Interesting thing that is on my mind is the reports from others about one round always firing high and it spreads the group out a bit. I have heard this more than once and find it interesting that my results look the same. I just had a few variables that I could attribute it to so not calling it conclusive by any means..just makes me go.. hmmmmmmm.
 
Father Hood said:
Interesting thing that is on my mind is the reports from others about one round always firing high and it spreads the group out a bit. I have heard this more than once and find it interesting that my results look the same. I just had a few variables that I could attribute it to so not calling it conclusive by any means..just makes me go.. hmmmmmmm.
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Yes, point taken. But when I took my photo I felt the flyer go wrong and know without a doubt that I didnt do my part on it in my 5 shot group. I will take the time to shoot more groups and see if I can make the flyer go away, even with a flyer they are very good groups for this type of rifle. If you take a look at my 20 round rapid fire group even with fliers it shows the rifle is quite consistant. At least in my opinion. It is not a precision rifle and never meant to be, but for a semi auto .308 battle rifle, hunting rifle, bush gun or what ever I believe it is impressive and with an accuracy level I can live with.
 
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