I went out to try my new XCR yesterday afternoon and was very impressed except for one minor problem. Out of 80 rounds fired it got 4 stovepipe jams. I loaded the mag that came with it 4 times, each time with a box of 20 and I got one jam in the middle of each mag. Once it was after the tenth round, once it was after the eighteeth. It was never on the first or last round. Three types of ammo were tried, American Eagle, Federal XM193, and PMC Bronze. Other than when it jammed it functioned perfectly and threw the empty brass well out to the side. Each time it jammed, the bolt came back and picked up the next round from the mag and then trapped the empty case from the previous shot with the mouth sticking straight out the ejection port. All I had to do was pull the bolt back ¼”, pull the empty out, and let the bolt close and it was ready to shoot.
The ejector is tight and the rifle is brand new. The gas setting is on 4, and ejection and feeding was very positive except for the 4 times it didn’t eject. I only had the one magazine, but it doesn’t seem like a magazine problem, since it had no problem feeding and locked open properly on the last round every time. I’m planning to call Robinson on Monday, but if this is a common problem and it just needs to be shot a little more I’ll wait. They were very helpful when I called them last week trying to find a dealer here in Phoenix that would have one in stock, and I hate to bother them if it is just a break in issue. On the other hand with the price of ammo what it is, I hate to go out and shoot 300 hundred rounds hoping that will fix it if it needs a new part.
I’ve been shooting for many years and can usually figure things out and fix them, but this one has me stumped because it worked so well on 76 of the 80 shots. I’d sure appreciate any information anyone could provide.
Thanks for your time.
The ejector is tight and the rifle is brand new. The gas setting is on 4, and ejection and feeding was very positive except for the 4 times it didn’t eject. I only had the one magazine, but it doesn’t seem like a magazine problem, since it had no problem feeding and locked open properly on the last round every time. I’m planning to call Robinson on Monday, but if this is a common problem and it just needs to be shot a little more I’ll wait. They were very helpful when I called them last week trying to find a dealer here in Phoenix that would have one in stock, and I hate to bother them if it is just a break in issue. On the other hand with the price of ammo what it is, I hate to go out and shoot 300 hundred rounds hoping that will fix it if it needs a new part.
I’ve been shooting for many years and can usually figure things out and fix them, but this one has me stumped because it worked so well on 76 of the 80 shots. I’d sure appreciate any information anyone could provide.
Thanks for your time.