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The XCR has some history with government competitions, with the Improved Carbine Competition, when the army entertained and passed on a replacement for the M4 carbine with an improved 5.56 rifle. They passed on SCAR, ACR, and disqualified XCR-L.
They just finished the Next Generation Squad Weapon competition, choosing the least revolutionary design.
That competition included developing a new round closer to the 308 Winchester, with more than conventional pressure and weight reduction, and also a companion dedicated machine gun to go with it.
So they are abandoning the 5.56 and going back to something closer to the round fired from the M1, in line with the AR10.
True Velocity developed the ammo that was used in the General Dynamics rifles, and put out some videos about converting existing weaponry over to use the new round, and picking up 50% more range and power, from the existing equipment.
Interesting thing, there is something called a XCR-M which uses ammunition in the range of size as what the competition participants submitted. Sig is already selling their civilian version of the winning rifle, or at least taking orders (asking an eye opening $8,000 each). So that ammo will eventually hit the civilian market. And the XCR-M could be converted, pending availability of barrels and associated pieces.
Does this take the civilian sporting rifle from light to medium in format? Should we all be placing orders for 308 XCR-Ms now and getting on a waiting list for the caliber conversion kits?
They just finished the Next Generation Squad Weapon competition, choosing the least revolutionary design.
That competition included developing a new round closer to the 308 Winchester, with more than conventional pressure and weight reduction, and also a companion dedicated machine gun to go with it.
So they are abandoning the 5.56 and going back to something closer to the round fired from the M1, in line with the AR10.
True Velocity developed the ammo that was used in the General Dynamics rifles, and put out some videos about converting existing weaponry over to use the new round, and picking up 50% more range and power, from the existing equipment.
Interesting thing, there is something called a XCR-M which uses ammunition in the range of size as what the competition participants submitted. Sig is already selling their civilian version of the winning rifle, or at least taking orders (asking an eye opening $8,000 each). So that ammo will eventually hit the civilian market. And the XCR-M could be converted, pending availability of barrels and associated pieces.
Does this take the civilian sporting rifle from light to medium in format? Should we all be placing orders for 308 XCR-Ms now and getting on a waiting list for the caliber conversion kits?
