XCR Are they worth the money?

I got mine used, I've only had one issue with it. The previous owner it seems lost the washer that prevents the screw for the case deflectors from protruding too far into the receiver. After shooting it like this for a while the extractor became too damaged to function properly and I was getting double feeds as a result. Not too big a deal, just order and install a new one and add a spacing washer to the deflector screw. Now before anyone says "How could you not see that the extractor was being damaged?!?!", the bolt for both calibers on this rifle were pretty badly mangled by the previous owner so it was very hard to tell what was old and new wear or damage. That's the gamble when buying used firearms via the interwebs.

XCR's have gotten a bad rap because RA's quality control leaves much to be desired, but on the other hand because Canada is a big chunk of their market, there is support for their firearms up here, mostly through Wolverine Supplies. And after-market mods are slowly appearing too so they are becoming more and more customizable as time passes.

As for accuracy, I can only speak for myself, but even as a beat up used rifle mine keeps good center of mass groups up to 100+ meters, even with cheap Norc or surplus ammo, as would be expected from a combat rifle design intended at one point to compete for the M16's replacement. With a good light optic it's even better. All I can really say is try one out if you can get your hands on one to test it, I personally even with the problems I've had, still enjoy shooting my XCR.
 
Its good don't listen to the Tavor fan club. They do this in every thread. Is it over priced? hell yes!! welcome to the non restricted semi auto world. Some AR are better and cost less. But all you can do with them is shoot them at paper at a range. You can't even look, touch or smell her in your own house. Its like marrying a smoking hot girl and you can only touch her when you drive her to a brothel. At home you can't touch her LOL XCR you can take out hunting, crown land, private property etc. For me I can't ever see myself getting into restricted guns. Because I love ### at home LOL
 
Brian46 said:
Do I need to look it up, I Run Guns is a vendor here and have a section with links to their site, they sell the P90 already in Non restricted form as well
http://www.irunguns.com/product.fnh-usa-57x28-50-round-magazine-ps90
https://www.irunguns.us/product.php?p=hk-g36-30-round-mag-pinned-to-5
http://www.irunguns.com/product.magpul-industries-pmag-30-round-maglevel-hk-g36

http://www.wanstallsonline.com/h-k-sl8-.223.html
ask these guys to price match
http://www.wolverinesupplies.com/details/7091/Heckler-and-Koch-SL8-5-223-Rifle-Long-Rail.aspx

parts
http://www.wolverinesupplies.com/products.aspx?brand=H%26K
some are still non restricted, not all are temporarily prohibited by the rcmp

no, IRG is selling the P90 in NR like I posted $2000


what restricted guns are chrome lined in those mentioned above? the ACR is not for starters
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G36 mags weren't ... cheap. DAMN YOU. Who wants to sell me a SL8? OP do not buy a SL8. They suck. Wait till I buy one, then they become awesome, then buy one. Is there any way to get the barrel threaded on the sl8?

On a sidenote acr have melonite treated barrels no?
 
Joined the club today! :)

This morning(last night actually) I decided that 2 months of tire kicking and countless hours of reading up on,weighing options,and watching XCR vids was enough,and I'd better "pull the trigger" so to speak before my local shop's price goes up as it has EVERYWHERE else in Canada....and bought me a new Tan Keymod XCR-L 5.56 :D
Coincidentally,the customer directly ahead of me was completing his transaction on a new XCR-M .308...."yea,I'll take one too" I said,haha.
Anyhow,shootn' the shiz with the .308 buyer,he tells his buddy's 7.62 is so much fun that he just had to get one for himself.
So anyhow....2 happy customers back to back this morn,and a good 15 min work for the shop taking in $6K in gun,mag,and ammo sales.
Good luck Mr.Stranger with yer missus......I ain't told mine yet neither,lol!! :D
 
We use both XCR platforms for product testing and they've been excellent. Are they "worth" the money? That's a question only you can answer. Price is what you pay; value is what you get.

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grinrgrn said:
This morning(last night actually) I decided that 2 months of tire kicking and countless hours of reading up on,weighing options,and watching XCR vids was enough,and I'd better "pull the trigger" so to speak before my local shop's price goes up as it has EVERYWHERE else in Canada....and bought me a new Tan Keymod XCR-L 5.56 :D
Coincidentally,the customer directly ahead of me was completing his transaction on a new XCR-M .308...."yea,I'll take one too" I said,haha.
Anyhow,shootn' the shiz with the .308 buyer,he tells his buddy's 7.62 is so much fun that he just had to get one for himself.
So anyhow....2 happy customers back to back this morn,and a good 15 min work for the shop taking in $6K in gun,mag,and ammo sales.
Good luck Mr.Stranger with yer missus......I ain't told mine yet neither,lol!! :D
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There's a place in NB who has these? I want to see one in person and play around with it. I've been eyeing one forever but never pulled the trigger on one.
 
I wish I could afford to buy an XCR. The VZ was enough of a challenge to acquire. I could scrimp and save for one but that's a bit too much effort. If I'm going to scrimp and save to that extent I might as well pay my car off first.
 
jjr said:
There's a place in NB who has these? I want to see one in person and play around with it. I've been eyeing one forever but never pulled the trigger on one.
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Lol...no,I guess it's about time I change my avatar,born n raised NBer been living in CGY for almost 4 years now.
Calgary Shooting Center....fwiw they have a few XCRs remaining in stock at last year's prices if anybody's looking,best price in Canada by $300+....can share that now that I got mine. ;)

Come to think of it though....good buddy from NB who lives in Red Deer now told me they had XCRs at Blue Mountain Sports in Brown's Flats,NB?
...not too far from Fredtown for ya but I'd suggest calling first,Gord keeps odd hours at the shop.
 
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My apologies,that should actually read "best CDN price for a new .223/5.56".....Wolverine does in fact still have a few 7.62s and 6.8s listed at last year's prices,the new listings have pretty much gone up $300 across the board,as will CSC's price very soon.
 
To the OP, definitely not for me. There's higher quality and more accurate rifles in both Restricted and Non-restricted available for similar money or less when discussing AR's even in .308.
 
grinrgrn said:
Lol...no,I guess it's about time I change my avatar,born n raised NBer been living in CGY for almost 4 years now.
Calgary Shooting Center....fwiw they have a few XCRs remaining in stock at last year's prices if anybody's looking,best price in Canada by $300+....can share that now that I got mine. ;)

Come to think of it though....good buddy from NB who lives in Red Deer now told me they had XCRs at Blue Mountain Sports in Brown's Flats,NB?
...not too far from Fredtown for ya but I'd suggest calling first,Gord keeps odd hours at the shop.
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Man I jumped the gun On your first post. I was thinking "Yes" there's a place here that has them. Got to excited. My bad
 
grinrgrn said:
My apologies,that should actually read "best CDN price for a new .223/5.56".....Wolverine does in fact still have a few 7.62s and 6.8s listed at last year's prices,the new listings have pretty much gone up $300 across the board,as will CSC's price very soon.
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Ya, that is the sad part.
We are already paying a premium for firearms and now with our weaker dollar, we pay WAY more.
 
Expect the dollar excuse being used to raise prices very fast on all consumer products. But when the dollar goes up again we rarely ever see the prices go down with the same urgency or actually go down at all.
 
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