r/canadaguns Mar 30 '26

Gun and gear reviews My Honest Opinion

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63 Upvotes

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!

r/canadaguns Jun 04 '26

Gun and gear reviews Panzer arms M4 Speed Pro PSA magazine tube

72 Upvotes

r/canadaguns May 15 '26

Gun and gear reviews High caliber services

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29 Upvotes

Has anyone else had bad experiences with high caliber services based out of Mission, BC? I have now been strung along for 6 months on the purchase of a magazine adapter that I was told had a wait time of 4-6 weeks. After being told the product would be done and shipped by the end of the month on 3 separate occasions, they have now started ignoring emails. The product is now listed on their page as in stock and being shipped. I like to support local gun and parts manufacturers but this is absurd, I have not had customer support or an experience with a company as bad as this. They were always to quick to reply with the first few letting me know they were almost done, but after being patient and giving them ample time far beyond the estimates they had told me I have become very frustrated. How can you advertise a product and take money from people for said product and then not even have the intention of delivering it by the end of their own timeline.

r/canadaguns Apr 01 '26

Gun and gear reviews MDT announces TIMBR Chore DIY chassis kit!

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194 Upvotes

Can't wait to build my own tacticool 2X4. The MDT X Home Depot collab is fire!

r/canadaguns Apr 08 '26

Gun and gear reviews CZ 600 vs. Ruger American Ranch 7.62x39

14 Upvotes

Which one is better?

r/canadaguns Mar 06 '26

Gun and gear reviews Its your fault

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97 Upvotes

This is all your guys fault. I always browsed Intersurplus.com but never really bought anything until today. Seeing you guys buying up all the good deals I had no choice, bought this earlier, as a side note. So far intersurplus has been great to deal with. I haven't received the firearm yet but so far they are very organized and professional.

r/canadaguns Mar 25 '26

Gun and gear reviews French tickler SKS are all sold out now.

76 Upvotes

One week ago, still can find from several dealers on line. Now all shows"out of stock".

r/canadaguns Apr 14 '26

Gun and gear reviews Getting the band back together..

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109 Upvotes

Looks like there’s a path for the 110rd GSG16 Drums collecting dust, to work with the 10/22..

Picked up this printed 597 neck adapter on GP. Making these drums effectively 110rd 597 magazines.

Angle of the neck seems correct with the bolt, and the 3d print quality seems decent.

Would love to see an aluminum neck option.

Hopefully these run better than the promag drums.

Range test soon

r/canadaguns May 01 '26

Gun and gear reviews Legendary marketplace pull

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141 Upvotes

Brand new with foam picked it up for $150 - now I need to find a way to make it more modular or somehow stack guns..

r/canadaguns May 08 '26

Gun and gear reviews Kodiak Defence AKDAS ALCOR .223 Range Test 🔥 Reliability Test

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66 Upvotes

r/canadaguns 3d ago

Gun and gear reviews Crusader Arms Backland Hunter Comp

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80 Upvotes

r/canadaguns Mar 12 '26

Gun and gear reviews Mini Mauser

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71 Upvotes

Any thoughts on this? I just saw Adriel’s, AKA hunting gear guy, review on this.

Looks… fine? Has anyone shot this thang yet? Please share some experience on accuracy and reliability.

Thanks in advance.

r/canadaguns Jun 13 '26

Gun and gear reviews FAL-ish handguard for SKS

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111 Upvotes

Almost done with this project.

Two piece SKs handguard out of PA612-CF with aluminum inserts for heat dissipation.

r/canadaguns Apr 04 '26

Gun and gear reviews Finally busted out my Chinese TT-33 Type 54

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124 Upvotes

honestly surprisingly not bad for $200. I thought this thing was going to suck ass. it exceeded my very low expectations

r/canadaguns Apr 01 '26

Gun and gear reviews What's your biggest, "what was I thinking?"

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75 Upvotes

mine has to be the Hunt Group MH12. double barreled pump sounds fun on paper, but it's just so heavy. with the fixes stocked it weights 16.1 lbs. it's just so big.

r/canadaguns Jun 21 '26

Gun and gear reviews Kral Arms KR22 Tactical

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98 Upvotes

Sorry in advance as im not a review guy but i wanted to give some input on this rifle and i haven’t seem much on it.... so here we go

Finally got the Kr22 tactical out to the range today with a buddy and got roughly 600ish rounds down the tube before I ran out of ammo and called it a day, S&B canadian match ammo, will test different brands next weekend.

First thoughts, its a full polymer/plastic upper and lower aswell as the handguard, feels nice, super light, and has little to no wiggle (feels solid), build quality is better than expected for a 300$ Turkish semi 22lr, comes with backup irons and a muzzle device.

OEM mags are garbage, i better luck with the small box 10 round ruger 10/22 mags, the bx25 pinned mags gave me more trouble for some reason but still better than the mags it comes with, ergonomics are nice but the saftey is super stiff and kinda sharp, trigger feels cheap and clunky, and the folding stock doesn't like to stay folded but again... 300$ i can't be too picky.

We ran around 600 rounds of S&B canadian match, 3 light strikes, 27 failure to feeds and sometimes seems like it was trying to load 2 rounds at once, it would eject slow and some empty casings got totally crushed by the bolt coming back forward before it made its way out of the chamber, I regret not taking photos of the malfunctions as maybe someone could have given some insight since im not super firearm savy, I will be trying different brands and velocities to see if it will run better, rifle feels great in the hands and does scratch the itch a little with the takedown pins and saftey location,

Hopefully I can figure out how to get it running better as it's definitely fun while it works!

r/canadaguns Mar 31 '26

Gun and gear reviews I wish I had bought more revolvers when I had the chance

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145 Upvotes

.357 at 12 yards. I know I need more practice. I'm just glad I hit the paper.

r/canadaguns 29d ago

Gun and gear reviews Cross Industries LAR15 mags woes and bankruptcy

43 Upvotes

Just want to give everyone here a word of caution

I recently purchased a set of Crossmags for my rifle. Worked great until both my mags started cracking. Tried sending them an email with no response. Called the number on their website and it has been disconnected

Upon further lookup, turns out they went bankrupt a year ago

Cross Industries Ltd | MNP LTD

Just in case anyone wants to purchase their mags, don't expect to get any kind of help if they break

In the meantime, anyone have suggestions on mags for my CZ600 Trail?

r/canadaguns Jun 18 '26

Gun and gear reviews Ruger American Gen. II Scout .308 Win. 16.1”

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70 Upvotes

r/canadaguns 14d ago

Gun and gear reviews My Savage Mk.II FV-SR decided to give up on life for the day 🫠

22 Upvotes

I want to say that I really like this rifle, but freaking hell extractors drive me crazy.

r/canadaguns 15d ago

Gun and gear reviews KR22 Final Review - Range Day

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62 Upvotes

Finally took out my Kral KR 22 to the range today, and I could not be happier. For a gun that only cost $279, she shot absolutely amazing, surpassing my expectations. Here’s the full breakdown:

- the stock mags are shit, invest in a REM 597 adapter and REM 597 promags. The mags will need to be broken in with some use and maybe some oil

- I fired over 200 rounds and maybe had 10 misfires at most. I tried minimag CCIs, stingers and blazers, and I would definitely recommend the minimags. I shot 100 of them and maybe had 3 misfires

- for a 22lr, this thing is pretty accurate, I attached some photos of what I shot at 20yds

- overall is a very smooth lil plinker, would def recommend to anyone new or on a budget

Setup:
- kr22 OD colour
- Rem 597 adapter
- (2) promag 597 22rd mags
- kill house airsoft red/green dot
- cheap ahh laser at the bottom

r/canadaguns Feb 27 '26

Gun and gear reviews Wait… A Pump-Action 9mm? Schmeisser PSR-9 at IWA 2026

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58 Upvotes

New pump action 9mm. Maybe we might get lucky and see in Canada? German made. Just no idea on the price point.

r/canadaguns May 09 '26

Gun and gear reviews So You Bought a Synthetic Stock Akdas Alcor (Part 2)

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158 Upvotes

TLDR: You need to dremel out some material on the Fox Operator flared magwell before it will work with the Sythetic Alcor.

So just a quick update, for those looking to get the flared mag well from Fox Operator, be mindful that IT WILL NOT WORK with the with synthetic stock version of the Akdas Alcor. You will need to dremel out some material on the flared magwell itself, to adapt it to the curvature of this version of the Alcor's trigger guard.

Having said that, once the dremeling was finished it fit together well and there seems to be no other fitmit issues.

I will say It does make a big difference in mag reloads, getting a mag in is much easier now.

Hope this helps again!

r/canadaguns 26d ago

Gun and gear reviews TM22 Feather and Flash Review: Lighter, Cheaper... Better?

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48 Upvotes

TM22's are taking over 3 gun competitions. Here's a review on 2 of them.

I've got a couple extra tips in the article here: https://www.huntinggearguy.com/rimfire/tm22-feather-review/

tip 1: if you're getting failures to eject, consider removing your left extractor (the gun has 2)

tip 2: check your barrel nut tightness, lots are barely finger tight

r/canadaguns 18d ago

Gun and gear reviews Accurate .22LR Ammo?

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27 Upvotes

Felt like testing out different .22LR ammunition and this is what I came out with. Every gun is different but what has been your most consistent .22LR ammunition?