cartman wrote..
"XCR will never be elevated to battle rifle status like the FAL until it can go 2000 rounds without a cleaning."
Why is this exactly besides it being carbine length ? Can an AR10 or M14 go 2000 rounds without a cleaning ? and probably 20 other battle rifles that fought wars throughout history.
Kinda silly statement considering the US Military and many others using direct impingement Stoner systems can't or will not go 2000 rounds without a cleaning.
so FAL's and Ak's are it ?? who else gets your stamp of true Battle Rifle? :duh:
Each day in the house of Cartmann, the XCR gets more respect.
I have never had problems with my XCR. But I was kinda hesitant about the ruggedness of the XCR with all the failed reports by Pat Roger (3 out of 3). Mainly I was worried about the extractor, barrel, and gas plug bolts staying put and coming loose when I needed my weapon the most.
I have not thoroughly put my XCR through the ringer. The most my XCR has gone through in one range session was 300 rounds... and I had no problems. I am liking and am trusting the XCR more and more as the days go by. I loctited my gas plug and extractor bolts and I have no doubt it will hold up. I think with the XCR all you have to do is peridoically check for tightness and it will be good to go for a SHTF/insugency/rebel weapon.
In real life I am NOT a weapons but I do play one on the Internet. I like the fact that after 300 rounds my XCR stayed relatively clean. When I open her up, I see the action is very similiar to the AK, this right there gives me the confidence the XCR will have AK like reliabilty, that if she gets a lil dirty she will just laugh it off and continue to fire.
I have no problems with the idea of going thousands of rounds between cleans, but for the most part I keep my weapons clean because I don't like the idea of my weapon sitting in the safe for months at a time with all that powder and gunk in there. When the SHTF, most likely I probably will forget my weapons cleaing kit. I like having the peice of mind of knowing my weapon can go extended period without cleaning and will still fire when dirty. I trust the AK and FAL can do this... and slowly I am thinking the XCR can do this too. I had an AR go 1000 problem free american eagle rounds, so I also would not have a problem grabbing an AR for a SHTF situation, but it would not be my primary choice. I just don't like how dirty the AR gets after shooting it. Even shooting as little as 50 rounds the AR gets very dirty and it is quite a task to clean it (the weapon just shoots dirty). When you shoot 300 rounds with the FAL, AK, and XCR you only need to wipe it down when cleaning.
Speaking of FAL... my FAL also has not gone more than 300 rounds between cleans, but I trust the FAL the most because of 1) Ole Dirty and 2) because each time I do clean it, it just needs a simple wipedown and it is good to go. The lengend of Ole Dirty is not a myth and she is very real. She was thrown in muddy waters, soaked for a good half hour, then taken out and proceeded to put lead down range. 14,500 rounds later and still yet to be cleaned, she is still going strong.
Edit to add: I still don't understand the AR piston craze. An AR was not designed from the ground to run a piston. A piston added to an AR is like putting a band aid on it. The XCR on the other hand was designed from the basemet up to work with a piston.
So to answer your question... yes, for reliability I trust the AK and FAL the most. YMMV.
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