Robinson XCR

Hello, just wondering if there is anything on the XCR you just needed to fix/upgrade after getting it? I'm still waiting on the next shipment from Wolverine and am getting a little worried with the US DOS and elections coming up...
 
Nothing on mine that needed fixing. I tore it down and made sure everything was tight, but that was it. As far as upgrading, the stock that came with the rifle was ####ty. It was too short for my arm length (and I'm average) and a decent cheek weld was hard to get. If you can arrange it, I would buy the carbine reciever adaptor.
 
I love mine! Goes bang every time I pull the trigger and takes AR Mags. I have 1000 rds through mine no problems.
 
mine has been flawless (500 rounds in), but just realized that all the primers on my spent casings are "cratered". Didn't think much of it at first, thought it was normal for .223, but then did some research and realized this isn't a good thing. Now I'm stuck on what I should do, continue to shoot it? or try and get it fixed somehow so my primers don't crater? Any ideas? BTW all ammo has been factory (Winchester, Remington, etc...) and all have cratered primers, no pierced ones though......It has been doing this since I bought it new, no problems, functions 100%
 
mlebler said:
mine has been flawless (500 rounds in), but just realized that all the primers on my spent casings are "cratered". Didn't think much of it at first, thought it was normal for .223, but then did some research and realized this isn't a good thing. Now I'm stuck on what I should do, continue to shoot it? or try and get it fixed somehow so my primers don't crater? Any ideas? BTW all ammo has been factory (Winchester, Remington, etc...) and all have cratered primers, no pierced ones though......It has been doing this since I bought it new, no problems, functions 100%
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Send me some picks mlebler. An XCR will normally leave a bit of a donut on most commercial ammo. If none are pierced, it is likely normal. If some are pierced, there is a quick fix.
 
Well I finally got the time to get out to the range today to try out this rifle with an Eotech 512 and the 3x Magnifier. The Eotech products are are well made and easy to use. Though I find that the optic quality is good on the magnifier, it does not sit entirely at the same height as the Holosight, so looking through the magnifier you see the top of the Holosight which is a little annoying, but does not affect the use of the system (mine is the flip-to-side mount).

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I started sighting the rifle at 50 yards. At this range the Eotech is nice to use with or without using the magnifier. It took me awhile to sight in and believe me when I say my skills have degraded from lack of shooting.

Shooting off the bipod, 50gr American Eagle

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Then I went out to 100 yards. This is my first time shooting a holo sight and I used the magnifier.

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3.5" grouping at 100 yards

Needless to say I'm a very average shooter. For a military or Law enforcement I can see the use for these things.....for the average shooter I'm not completly sold on them. They have the cool factor, which I kinda like, but I'll be switching this rifle back to a conventional scope and throw these Eotechs on a different range toy.

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I had a pierced primer problem that I fixed myself with a dremel and now it craters the primers a little but works flawlessly.

I looooove my XCR. With my aimpoint, it is good out to 100 yards. I'm tempted to put a regular scope on it just to see how accurate it really is, but I can't bear to take off the aimpoint because it is just so fricken cool.
 
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simpleton said:
the magnifier, it does not sit entirely at the same height as the Holosight,
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The magnifier is setup for lower-third cowitness sights. On the eotech line, that's the 557 and 553 (possible other newer models as well). If you don't have one of those, you can either live with it or get a base (gg&g etc.) that will raise the sight about 7mm, then the optic will be at the right height.
 
drvrage said:
I looooove my XCR. With my aimpoint, it is good out to 11 yards. I'm tempted to put a regular scope on it just to see how accurate it really is, but I can't bear to take off the aimpoint because it is just so fricken cool.
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11 yards ? I'm sure you can still hit your targets much farther away, don't think about the ultimate grouping that's all, its a CQB optic after all. Like you said, put some real scope on it you will see an improvement.

The models we have are the long heavy barrel and the whole rifle weights a ton, so it can't be the CQB type at all, I see it more like the SPR type if you can carefully get around the heavy 1st stage of the trigger.
 
I pretty sure he was joking about the 11 yards. Holo sight for CQB=good.....target shooting, not so good. But yeh....throw conventional optics on a XCR, and you have a good shooting rifle.
 
Actually it was a typo as colleagues were coming into the office at work. I meant to say at 100 yards. Any further than that and my 4MOA dot on the aimpoint get you on the paper and that's all. Like I said, I would love to try a scope on it and see what it really does.

Yesterday at 100 yards and Winchester white box 55gr fmj I was getting about 4" groups on a sandbag and not really trying too hard. 2-3 sec between shots.
 
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I shot my XCR at a match this weekend. I used an Eotech. I got my ass kicked by BMW,...but I came in 2nd overal in Open rifle. Every stage started at 100yards,...I went prone twice and only had one miss the whole match with this meager set-up. My only miss was a 75 yard stage shot kneeling (which I am not great at),.....
 
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