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The XCR holds up well in the field , Branding season on horse back for nearly 4 weeks.
Very little wear to the finish riding in a scabbard , dust ,dirt ,rain , and we even had a day we had ice.
It is also the time a lot of the Heifers are birthing and fall behind ,the coyotes love to prey on these and especially the calves.
I didn't have to kill anything ,but you have to use a lot of warning shots ,and at times they are persistent.
With all you have to do there isn't a lot of time to be nursing a rifle that cant hold its own ,cleaning sometimes isn't an option.
The days of the Winchester 94 are gone ,with what goes on near the border you better have something else on you ,in case you stumble across someone you shouldn't.
This time i used a total of two 30 round Mags , Troy flip ups during the day ,and an EoTech 552 in low light and at night.
The Caballeros we hire carry an SKS ,and they sure wanted the XCR , i know it isn't combat ,but it can be extreme at times.
But like i said ,if you run into some of the people involved in Drug or People smuggling they shoot first ,then it just may become combat.
I didn't have any problems , it only got a wipe down with a rag now and then ,and was either wet all the time ,or full of sand.
Very little wear to the finish riding in a scabbard , dust ,dirt ,rain , and we even had a day we had ice.
It is also the time a lot of the Heifers are birthing and fall behind ,the coyotes love to prey on these and especially the calves.
I didn't have to kill anything ,but you have to use a lot of warning shots ,and at times they are persistent.
With all you have to do there isn't a lot of time to be nursing a rifle that cant hold its own ,cleaning sometimes isn't an option.
The days of the Winchester 94 are gone ,with what goes on near the border you better have something else on you ,in case you stumble across someone you shouldn't.
This time i used a total of two 30 round Mags , Troy flip ups during the day ,and an EoTech 552 in low light and at night.
The Caballeros we hire carry an SKS ,and they sure wanted the XCR , i know it isn't combat ,but it can be extreme at times.
But like i said ,if you run into some of the people involved in Drug or People smuggling they shoot first ,then it just may become combat.
I didn't have any problems , it only got a wipe down with a rag now and then ,and was either wet all the time ,or full of sand.