My Honest Opinion

[u/ASpacebornVagabond]

The pictures are oldest to newest, with the last one being taken today.

I know there's been a lot of hate and negativity for this rifle, and a lot of misunderstandings about it as well. After shooting about 300 rounds through it I'd like to throw my experience in the ring and talk about the Akdas Alcor.

First off I'd like to say that I do like and enjoy this rifle. when I compare it to my other high dollar/high powered semi autos (BAR Mark 3, SKS, Dad's old Remington semi, and less relevant the Homesteader) it actually sits about in the middle of the pack for performance and reliability. my homesteader hasn't had a single issue when shooting. even when things got a little loose, it still shot and didn't give a fuck. however, the Alcor (mine at least) is actually quite a bit more reliable than my BAR and my dad's older Remington is crap compared to it regarding feeding and firing reliably.

accuracy wise, I'm getting about an moa at 100 yards. a bit less. I don't have my paper handy with the math, pretty sure my son fleeced it from my pockets looking for sweets but for coyote hunting which is my intention with it, it'll do just fine.

now the issues I have had with it are not huge, the rail has come loose once, but that's just a retorque thing, not really a problem. the end nut for the foregrip does like to come loose after I put the crusader hand guard on but I have a solution for that now as well so no worries there.

I HAVE had feeding issues with it though, although rare in the context of hunting. They stem exclusively with what magazine is in it and if there is force against the magazine itself. with duramags it has had no feeding issues at all, and the bolt hold open has worked everytime. with gen 2 pmags it feeds perfect, although the last round hold open doesn't catch sometimes. with gen 3 pmags I have had 2 in 200 rounds of firing fail to feed, specifically when the gun is resting on the magazine at an angle. so if you use a bipod or a tree branch/shooting stick, you'll probably have no issues. I haven't even bothered with the stock magazine for no particular reason other than aesthetics.

Wear wise I haven't noticed anything worrisome or seemingly out of the ordinary. the bolt rotates and locks no problem and moves smoothly.

If I could change anything on it, I wish the price was closer to 1000, in a perfect world 800 is probably worth it imo. But, I wanted a .223 semi and I got one. Also nothing to do with Akdas but Crusader needs to use lighter metal cause the handguard is a freakin boat anchor, but the stock and grip angle are good to me.

For all those who think this is a converted shotgun, it's not. It's a clone of the Benelli R1 made to take Stanag/Pmags, which the R1 is a center fire rifle to begin with.

Lastly, do I even begin to think this is anything like an Armalite or to the same quality/performance? Not at all, but again, I wanted a semi .223 with a pistol grip, and this seems to be the easiest and least expensive way to do it as far as I am aware.

Ask whatever questions just follow the golden rule please!

[u/HappyCan7250]

Just curious when you said about the Homesteader "things got a bit loose", is your Glock mag well adapter working itself loose as well? My pins start walking out pretty damn fast, and I had to reinsert them after 1-2 mags as they would slip enough allowing the adapter to move a bit, which resulted in the 1 single jam I've ever had in it. 

Props to Henry for sending me new pins from the USA free of charge though. They also replaced my front sight for free when it fell off (using red dot so didn't notice). Unfortunately the new pins didn't fix it, but what did, was taking a very thin packing tape and wrapping the bolt that was walking out. It took a bit of force to get it in with the thin wrapping of tape, but since then it hasn't budged at all, and can still be easily removed if needed.

Just thought I'd throw it out since when you said things got a bit loose, I figured you might've been having the same issue as me with the Homesteader. Fantastic little rifle though, runs perfectly, just that issue with 1 pin walking.

[u/ASpacebornVagabond → u/HappyCan7250]

That's not the issue I was having. Although the pin you speak of doesn't inspire me to believe it won't happen at some point to me as well on mine. For me it's the metal mount price for the foregrip and weight guide rod. But it's a trooper and even when that happened, still just chewed through mags before I noticed it.

They really are awesome rifles though. I hope more people get into them!