My XCR 5.56, was delivered to my dealer within the time frame as promised. Thanks RA. Oh, and Terra, what happened to the pink you promised me??
With great anticipation I finally got to the range today, after having to postpone twice before. 4 different brands of ammo. Fed lake city xm193 55 gr ball. Fed. American Eagle 55gr fmj, silver bear 55 gr hp and wolf 55 gr hp. Started out great, sighted in quick, irons and eotech. Started thinking, wow, great rifle, maybe I can finally retire my M4. NOT!! After about 250 rds or so the rifle would cycle but the trigger would not reset. Pulling the trigger did nothing and I would have to manually cycle the bolt to fire a round and the same thing would happen again. I tried every brand of ammo. Magpul, usgi and orlite mags. Different gas settings. Let it cool down. Same thing. Primer hits looked like the ones on this site that are considered normal. Disappointed to say the least..... Unfortunately the range I was at was packed. (hunting season here) so opening up the rifle at the range to inspect was not possible.
Once home an inspection didn't show anything out of place. I was able to recreate the condition a few times manually, cocking the hammer with my hand. I guess the best way to try and explain what I mean is the hammer would get hung up somewhere between normally cocked, finger off trigger, and held by the disconnect, finger on trigger. Pulling the trigger would not release the hammer. I found nothing stuck in the trigger mechanism. Finally, the hammer just stopped getting hung up and everything seems to work fine now. (unfortunately couldn't fire the rifle to test it) Again nothing looked abnormal and no foreign material was in the mechanism. Has this happened to anyone else?? What is the fix? I really don't want a weapon I can't rely on. Certainly not one that cost as much as this one.
No, I am not giving up on RA and I don't think the XCR is a POS. I was impressed by this platform and still am. (very little impresses me in the firearms industry) There are a couple of things I would like to see improved, but, I will save that for another time. Hopefully there is a fix for this condition. I like the XCR system, but I need to hear a bang when I pull the trigger.
Thanks for your help.
Roy.
With great anticipation I finally got to the range today, after having to postpone twice before. 4 different brands of ammo. Fed lake city xm193 55 gr ball. Fed. American Eagle 55gr fmj, silver bear 55 gr hp and wolf 55 gr hp. Started out great, sighted in quick, irons and eotech. Started thinking, wow, great rifle, maybe I can finally retire my M4. NOT!! After about 250 rds or so the rifle would cycle but the trigger would not reset. Pulling the trigger did nothing and I would have to manually cycle the bolt to fire a round and the same thing would happen again. I tried every brand of ammo. Magpul, usgi and orlite mags. Different gas settings. Let it cool down. Same thing. Primer hits looked like the ones on this site that are considered normal. Disappointed to say the least..... Unfortunately the range I was at was packed. (hunting season here) so opening up the rifle at the range to inspect was not possible.
Once home an inspection didn't show anything out of place. I was able to recreate the condition a few times manually, cocking the hammer with my hand. I guess the best way to try and explain what I mean is the hammer would get hung up somewhere between normally cocked, finger off trigger, and held by the disconnect, finger on trigger. Pulling the trigger would not release the hammer. I found nothing stuck in the trigger mechanism. Finally, the hammer just stopped getting hung up and everything seems to work fine now. (unfortunately couldn't fire the rifle to test it) Again nothing looked abnormal and no foreign material was in the mechanism. Has this happened to anyone else?? What is the fix? I really don't want a weapon I can't rely on. Certainly not one that cost as much as this one.
No, I am not giving up on RA and I don't think the XCR is a POS. I was impressed by this platform and still am. (very little impresses me in the firearms industry) There are a couple of things I would like to see improved, but, I will save that for another time. Hopefully there is a fix for this condition. I like the XCR system, but I need to hear a bang when I pull the trigger.
Thanks for your help.
Roy.