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03-13-2006 | 08:56 PM

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Joined: Jan 2006

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From: NSW AUSTRALIA

My new XCR is here!!!

My babies here!!! A brand spanking new Remington XCR in 375H&H, I just picked her up from the shop yesterday. The first thing I did was give her a good clean and adjust the trigger, I then choose what mounts looked the best on her and then went strait off to the range to break her in and zero the new Kahles 2.2-7X36.

I was very surprised by the recoil to say the least as it was about the same as a 7mm rem mag but with more push and less jump and not as much bite, and is much more pleasant to shoot then any other 375H&H that I have shot yet by a long way.

I didn’t feel too steady off the bench as I couldn't get my position right. After the 1st 15 shots to zero good groups were a little beyond me and it took two groups before I realised that if I don’t let her cool between shots then she strings them about 1.5”, after I put the first 60 factory rounds through her and reload some I can see her shooting about 20mm.

After I got home I lightened the trigger a little more and set it a bit crisper and as I have a good 3-5mm space in the mag to seat the projectiles out I can see this being a very accurate big game outfit indeed.

As for the mechanics it is one of the smoothest and best functioning rifles I have ever bought new. With a little wearing in it will be very smooth indeed, feeding from the magazine was flawless and ejection was very positive. The surface finish was blemish free and there was no sign of tool marks and the stock fit was perfect.

Over all while I don’t like buying any firearm sight unseen my previous experience didn’t let me down in my opinion there definitely on a winner here.

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