Baro
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« on: March 02, 2010, 00:21:29 » |
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An action shot of me shooting my XCR this last weekend. Other than the sunburn, was a great day. Bonus points if you can guess the gas setting.   |
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marrandy
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« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2010, 00:28:26 » |
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Don't see the case in the air so I haven't a clue.
Is it supposed to be kicking smoke out of the piston plug like that ?
Did you heavily oil it.
I have never seen smoke out of my or my wifes XCR's.
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Baro
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« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2010, 00:40:27 » |
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This was about 500 rounds into the day so any residue from the cleaning would have burned off by then. On closer inspection, there is some fouling around the plug and gas block which might be affecting the seal - I do disassemble the plug and block after each use and clean it pretty thoroughly though.
To be completely honest, when I viewed this picture, I mentally transposed the plug on the XCR with the plug on my M96 that has all the little holes in it. The rifle performs flawlessly so hopefully the venting is normal. Terra?
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MickeyC
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« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2010, 06:51:51 » |
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I wonder how much pressure is being lost there.
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Camp Cook
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« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2010, 09:08:57 » |
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Can you tell me about the cheek piece on the stock?
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ny32182
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« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2010, 09:24:44 » |
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The gas plug is not an airtight seal. Some gas will get around it. It appears from the picture that the rifle may be backlit from the sun out of the picture off to the right or behind the hill, so I think you are getting a "magnified" sense of how visible that smoke cloud is.
As far as pressure loss, I've seen chrono numbers on a FAL with the gas on and off (the FAL of course, purposely vents gas more than the XCR) and the difference was somewhere around 15 FPS average between the two... i.e. the average loss was less than the total velocity spread on any one setting.
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LurpyGeek
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« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2010, 10:30:13 » |
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I guess setting 11.
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« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2010, 10:48:50 » |
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I guess setting 11.
 Setting S , for smoke baby. |
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Baro
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« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2010, 16:38:06 » |
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Sure, it is an ITC railrest, and it works perfectly and cleanly on the XCR. Here is a post I made on it a while back: http://xcrforum.com/index.php/topic,4736.0.htmlCan you tell me about the cheek piece on the stock?
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Mr. Riggs
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« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2010, 17:18:10 » |
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I guess setting 11.
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LurpyGeek
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« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2010, 18:27:40 » |
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... or else black powder.
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Lizardman
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« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2010, 20:00:55 » |
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your setting is a 2.
I was seeing the gas around the block while my brother was shooting mine on Sunday. Just a lil puff.
Considering the valve jiggles just a bit, like J-Lo's butt, I figured there would be some gas release around it.
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LurpyGeek
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« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2010, 20:20:23 » |
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your setting is a 2.
I was seeing the gas around the block while my brother was shooting mine on Sunday. Just a lil puff.
Considering the valve jiggles just a bit, like J-Lo's butt, I figured there would be some gas release around it.
Butt... gas release... you do know who your audience is here? |
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Baro
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« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2010, 01:10:05 » |
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It was set to 2, but I really do wish mine went to 11. your setting is a 2.
I was seeing the gas around the block while my brother was shooting mine on Sunday. Just a lil puff.
Considering the valve jiggles just a bit, like J-Lo's butt, I figured there would be some gas release around it.
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olan025
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« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2010, 01:32:31 » |
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Anyone who is serious goes to 11.
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« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2010, 17:23:27 » |
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That's what happens when you feed your rifle beans instead of bullets...
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« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2010, 20:47:49 » |
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now we have Gas, Beans, and Butt... this will deteriorate further  |
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Lizardman
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« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2010, 20:53:35 » |
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Anyone who is serious goes to 11.
 Mine dont have 11... |
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LurpyGeek
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« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2010, 21:05:04 » |
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Anyone who is serious goes to 11.
Mine dont have 11... Nigel's does. |
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Mr. Riggs
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« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2010, 22:27:50 » |
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« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2010, 22:41:37 » |
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nice pic baro!! gas setting on 3 maybe? An action shot of me shooting my XCR this last weekend. Other than the sunburn, was a great day. Bonus points if you can guess the gas setting. |
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gunner69
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« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2010, 23:25:41 » |
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I'll have to say "4" on the gas setting, and I think I caught you using some of that cheap ass Chinese ammo again........ |
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« Reply #22 on: March 04, 2010, 02:31:52 » |
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Anyone who is serious goes to 11.
Mine dont have 11... Just turn it to 3 four times, then back to 2. Or you could just turn it to the binary 11. |
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Lizardman
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« Reply #23 on: March 04, 2010, 16:33:57 » |
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It was set to 2, but I really do wish mine went to 11. your setting is a 2.
I was seeing the gas around the block while my brother was shooting mine on Sunday. Just a lil puff.
Considering the valve jiggles just a bit, like J-Lo's butt, I figured there would be some gas release around it.
Dude, he already said it was on 2. |
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Lizardman
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« Reply #24 on: March 04, 2010, 16:34:44 » |
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Anyone who is serious goes to 11.
Mine dont have 11... Just turn it to 3 four times, then back to 2. Or you could just turn it to the binary 11. Now me gets. |
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