Grand Power X-Calibur Review

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And another very long review (I don't seem to do short reviews... hmmm) anyways, as always link below with a bunch of pictures. Like on facebook if you want to keep up to date on smaller updates and going ons. I tend to only post big items on the blog.

big thanks to David Copping, I doubt id have gotten my hands on one of these any time soon without his lending me one.

http://www.shooterready.ca/2014/02/04/grand-power-x-calibur-review/
 
Awesome review...seemed honest and detailed. Thanks!

The only concern I have is jams with different profile bullets. Because the barrel doesn't tip, and because the angle in which the bullet is fed into the chamber, it seems like it might be prone to jamming, especially on something like a HP
 
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Onagoth said:
Awesome review...seemed honest and detailed. Thanks!

The only concern I have is jams with different profile bullets. Because the barrel doesn't tip, and because the angle in which the bullet is fed into the chamber, it seems like it might be prone to jamming, especially on something like a HP
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I experienced no feeding issues with the gun . It was fed an assortment of RN, TC and HP bullets of various OALs. I also didn't clean or lube it when I got it or while it was being shot... which is pretty much par for the course with me
 
ShooterReady, thanks for a great review. I have an X-Calibur but I doubt I could have written as fine a review as you have.


Onagoth said:
The only concern I have is jams with different profile bullets. Because the barrel doesn't tip, and because the angle in which the bullet is fed into the chamber, it seems like it might be prone to jamming, especially on something like a HP
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No Hollow points but a mixture of Lead and Jacketed boolits including a truncated cone wadcutter have gone through the gun flawlessly. It does not seem as sensitive to OAL as the CZ's either.

If anything maintaining a constant feed angle from the magazine to the barrel should make the K100 series of pistols feed more reliably.
 
That's good to know guys...that slow motion video is what got me thinking....that bullet is at quite the vertical angle before going into the chamber.
 
Onagoth said:
That's good to know guys...that slow motion video is what got me thinking....that bullet is at quite the vertical angle before going into the chamber.
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So far, the only bullet I've tried that caused even the slightest hiccup was the Zero 125gr JHP-C. Loaded longer than 1.143 OAL, it seemed to chug a little during the feeding cycle. No matter, that OAL was so close to the max OAL anyway for a truncated style of bullet that loading below that OAL was likely anyway.

I've been using S&B FMJ, the Zero's mentioned above, plus trials with the AIM 147gr and some older Frontier 147gr. They all worked fine.
 
Excellent review--I've always been intrigued by the Grand Power design. One thing I noticed in the video was an surprising amount of gas escaping from the chamber area at the time of firing. I'm not sure if that's common in other designs or not.

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