PSA: Crusader Crux

[u/ParalyzedNeckUp]

I bought this rifle as soon as it came out and was really excited as I’ve been enjoying my Templar. My first impressions were not great. When it got here the bolt carrier group was locked forward and stuck. I had to dismantle it and when I did the rear takedown pin just fell out. Then I had to beat the shit out of the lower receiver to get it to even separate from the upper due to there being too much friction between the upper and lower. I had to use a pair of pliers to remove the BCG from the chamber because it was stuck for a reason I cannot figure out.

Today I took it out for the first time. My first 15 rounds went fine and I was really impressed with the accuracy at 100m with the standard iron sights, and the trigger felt great. In my next 5 rounds I had 3 failure to extract issues resulting in the BCG ramming a live round into the back of the empty casing in the chamber, resulting in the casing of the live round being dented and the bullet being shoved down into the casing. On my 5th and final mag, I fired one shot, which resulted in my extractor snapping off.

When I got home and examined the rifle further, I noticed two of the bipod MLOK nuts had backed off, pieces of my extractor fragmented in the upper receiver, and an extraordinary amount of brass inside the rifle, like a ton.

I paid $3954 for this rifle. Basically $4000. So I’m obviously not thrilled that it feels so cheap and that it broke after literally 21 shots. I will be attempting to reach out to crusader for a new/better extractor. I am attempting to manage my expectations and frustrations.

TLDR: difficult to take down, feels really cheap for the price, and the extractor breaks after ~20 shots.

[u/NuffinSaid]

Wait, 4000$? You should have come on here and asked what's the best way to spend 4000$ on a rifle and would have been steered in a much better direction

[u/PrizedTrash → u/NuffinSaid]

if he had 4k to burn he could literally buy a collector-grade garand and bubba it, it'd still be better than our modern hunks of scrap metal

Canadium might be even lower-grade than chinesium

[u/scud-running → u/PrizedTrash]

Not even might be, a type 81 runs circles around any of our Canadian garbage.

Let’s get these laws changed so we can all buy Colt Canadas and run them as non restricted rifles the way God intended. Those are the GOOD Canadian made rifles and would put all these other companies out of business.

[u/ParalyzedNeckUp → u/PrizedTrash]

At this point I’d be inclined to agree with you

[u/ParalyzedNeckUp → u/NuffinSaid]

I knew it wasn’t a good idea, I knew there was better shit to buy. Sometimes I get paid at work, go home, have a few drinks, and buy shit I shouldn’t. It’s a real problem compulsively buying guns I know I shouldn’t go anywhere near