Interested, but on the fence...

I've got probably 7 -8 K through mine and one problem so far. My firing pin broke and I discovered it last week. Terra had a new bolt and carrier out within 3 days at no cost to me. I expected a new firing pin, would've thought a new bolt maybe but not a bolt and carrier. I am shipping the old parts back to them tomorrow so we will no what the problem is.

Some will view this as a big problem, but I think the pin had been broken for some time I think and the gun kept working. When I found it broke I sent Terra an email and the new parts were in the mail same day. I don't know too many companies where any of us have a direct contact like Terra who takes great care of us.

I have a theory as to why the pin broke, but will wait to comment until RA has a chance to look things over.

As for the ejector loosening, check the bolts every time you clean the gun as it is cheap insurance. The new gas block doesn't have nut to loosen and I can't see either block itself loosening.

The trigger really smoothes out with some rounds or simple at home fixes. I wish I had the same trigger on my precision rig as it has gotten that good.

I just got done handling the gun for 8 hours on a training day and love the feel of it in my hands. I can have an AR or a micro galil and the XCR is my choice. From my experiences it has been more reliable than any AR it has gone head to head with.

In answer to Lex: I'd say some independent tests conducted with more than one rifle. Say, 10 random prodcution rifles compared against 10 ARs made by somebody like Bushmaster or somesuch. No manufacturing flaws - I'm not worried about that sort of thing as they can be identified upon purchase and fixed at leisure; I'm much more worried about break-downs in the field. Anyways, give them 500 rounds of break in, and then start the test using some milspec ammo - say 5000-1000 rounds per rifle. Allow cleaning, but no tightening or regluing. Obviously, a bigger sample - say 25 or 50 rifles - will provide a more reliable results.

Not cheap, but it would be good advertising. Obviously, I'm not asking RA to do this for little ol' me - that would be absurd. But it would be reassuring for those of us who are bit leery of newish designs and all their attendant teething pains.

I hope my post didn't sound negative, it wasn't meant to, and I do understand that the problems described on the forums are anecdotal, and not necesssarily representative at all. Also I should say that I'm very impressed by the level of RA's support, and its openness; and as I said earlier, the rifle looks to be precisely what I want -- or it will be as soon as the Grendel version arrives.

SigsRule: My post was meant to be a question to the forum-dwellers as to whether they knew of any test of the kind described above to be publicly available. My post was probably badly worded, so please, don't be offended if I continue to browse this forum.

Anyways, thanks for the swift replies,
Ross