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nitmr26
04-02-10, 20:22
Hello,

Since I have not come across much on the Sabre XR-15, I thought I would post some pictures of my new carbine.

The rifle is a Sabre Defence XR-15 (model #90243) with a 14.5" chrome lined barrel (1/7 twist). The rifle comes with a soft case, cleaning kit, sling, and cable lock. It does not come with a carrying handle or BUIS. (The carrying handle pictured here is a spare.)

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6840/memo0019a.jpg

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9561/memo0035a.jpg

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/1838/memo0034a.jpg

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4738/memo0048a.jpg

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/2449/memo0046a.jpg

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9008/memo0040a.jpg

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/7863/memo0042a.jpg

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8564/memo0039a.jpg

The fit and finish is very nice except for a couple of nit picks:

1) There is a small gouge in the side of the lower receiver, just aft of the bolt release.
2) The etching on the barrel isn't the nicest I've seen.
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2531/memo0028a.jpg

More to follow after I take her to the range.

Best Regards,
rychencop
04-02-10, 20:39
nice stick! i'm thinking of getting a sabre A4.
5pins
04-02-10, 21:39
Not to be a nitpicker but that staking job on the carrier key looks weak.
Buckaroo
04-02-10, 21:40
Nice photos!

Looks like you need to stake the Gas Key. Search for this and you will find lots of good info.

let us know how she shoots!

Buckaroo
nitmr26
04-02-10, 21:46
Not to be a nitpicker but that staking job on the carrier key looks weak.


Looks like you need to stake the Gas Key.

Thanks. I had the same impression.
Buckaroo
04-02-10, 22:22
Thanks. I had the same impression.

Looks like 5pins and I were posting at the same time :D

Buckaroo
nitmr26
04-08-10, 21:09
A quick update on Sabre's customer service...

Sabre's Director of Sales and Marketing sent me an email and made an unsolicited offer to re-stake the bolt carrier key and replace the lower receiver. Sabre requested that I send the entire rifle to them so they could "ensure the new lower is a perfect fit." They even offered to arrange for the shipping.

Now I understand why they have repeat customers.

Best Regards,
bkb0000
04-08-10, 21:14
when did Sabre start putting the Thundercats logo on their lowers??

i always liked sabre lowers because they didnt have some stupid ****in animal or other obnoxious logo.
DocHolliday01
04-08-10, 21:36
I think they put that logo on the complete guns. The two lowers I have don't have the kitty on them.
bkb0000
04-08-10, 21:38
http://www.moviesonline.ca/AdvHTML_Upload/thundercats_logo.jpg
rdm
04-08-10, 21:43
http://www.moviesonline.ca/AdvHTML_Upload/thundercats_logo.jpg

Thundercats HOOO!!!!
Skyyr
04-09-10, 10:02
when did Sabre start putting the Thundercats logo on their lowers??

Only the complete rifles have the Sabre-Tooth Tiger logo.
leopard hound
04-09-10, 18:09
kudos to sabre defense for their customer service!!! and i kinda like the thundercat logo....... i have heard that they have a reputation for accurate rifles.
nitmr26
05-18-10, 11:55
UPS delivered my XR-15 yesterday. Sabre re-staked the bolt carrier key and replaced the lower receiver. Many thanks to Mike and Rick at Sabre Defence for the outstanding customer service.
Littlelebowski
05-18-10, 11:58
How did they find out about the carrier key?
SteveL
05-18-10, 13:39
How did they find out about the carrier key?

That's what I was wondering.

OP is it possible to get an "after" photo of the restaked carrier key?
larryp
05-18-10, 17:30
Maybe they have someone who's a member or lurks here.
joeinkeys
05-18-10, 17:45
A quick update on Sabre's customer service...

Sabre's Director of Sales and Marketing sent me an email and made an unsolicited offer to re-stake the bolt carrier key and replace the lower receiver. Sabre requested that I send the entire rifle to them so they could "ensure the new lower is a perfect fit." They even offered to arrange for the shipping.

Now I understand why they have repeat customers.

Best Regards,

New pictures please. Would like to see the "perfect fit for the upper and lower". Does not look like a "bad" fit to me....
6933
05-18-10, 18:29
Do you work for Sabre or have any affiliation with them? How would they know to contact you, unsolicited, to re-stake the key? Even if they have a lurker here they would not know your name and address. You did not mention being contacted through M4C so it just sounds fishy.
nitmr26
05-18-10, 20:41
How did they find out about the carrier key?


Do you work for Sabre or have any affiliation with them? How would they know to contact you, unsolicited, to re-stake the key? Even if they have a lurker here they would not know your name and address. You did not mention being contacted through M4C so it just sounds fishy.

I do not work for Sabre. I was contacted via email generated from another AR forum. When Sabre offered to look at the small gouge on the lower receiver I asked if they would look at the staking on the bolt carrier. In the course of several emails, they stated if I sent the rifle back to them, they would ensure the bolt carrier was staked properly and the lower receiver was replaced.



OP is it possible to get an "after" photo of the restaked carrier key?

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5703/p1000169w.jpg


New pictures please. Would like to see the "perfect fit for the upper and lower". Does not look like a "bad" fit to me....

My Sabre with its new lower.
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/929/p1000166n.jpg
120mm
05-18-10, 22:26
Thundercats HOOO!!!!

Oh, yeah.
Cincinnatus
05-19-10, 11:53
when did Sabre start putting the Thundercats logo on their lowers??

i always liked sabre lowers because they didnt have some stupid ****in animal or other obnoxious logo.

LOL. Next they'll put Lionel on there with that dumb ass glamour rock hair-do. :D
Cincinnatus
05-19-10, 11:57
Picture of new staking is alittle dim and hard to see. Did it displace the metal against the bolt heads so it is actually gripping them? The picture looks like just a little deeper redo of the original job. Get thee to a MOACKS!