The XCR has pretty much all the features I've been looking for in a rifle, but, having read through the forums, there are a few things that concern me.
The first is working reliability. The features it has (piston action,etc) indicate that it should be, at least theoritically, more reliable than an AR, but is there any real evidence that it actually is? Obviously, having the gun shoot, invariably, inexorably when you pull the trigger is the most important thing of all. Broken in, how does this rate against the AR? I guess I would like to see something more than anecdote.
The second is reliability related to part failure, ie parts that seem to have a penchant for falling off/loosening: the extractor, the gas block, the barrel. Does RA have any plans to upgrade the design of these parts to make these failures a practical impossiblity?
Thanks,
Ross
The first is working reliability. The features it has (piston action,etc) indicate that it should be, at least theoritically, more reliable than an AR, but is there any real evidence that it actually is? Obviously, having the gun shoot, invariably, inexorably when you pull the trigger is the most important thing of all. Broken in, how does this rate against the AR? I guess I would like to see something more than anecdote.
The second is reliability related to part failure, ie parts that seem to have a penchant for falling off/loosening: the extractor, the gas block, the barrel. Does RA have any plans to upgrade the design of these parts to make these failures a practical impossiblity?
Thanks,
Ross