SRV2 Siberian Reviews
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It's a newb review, although I did find the squealing female firer to be somewhat amusing....
That's the entertaining part. Keep in mind that most buyers will be newbies and many will not shoot more than 1K rounds through it, so the reviews from pros "how long will that freakin thing last" are somewhat obsolete.
Consider what it was made for, if you want an army kind of thingy, get the Bren. Personally I doubt the crusader is better, look at the WK180 gen 2, even gen 1 don't seem as bad as people said.
You were doing OK until you went down the rabbit-hole of personal opinion. That's where you lost me, presuming that the WK180 Gen 1 is not as "bad as people said". Wrong! the WK180 IS every bit as bad as its owners have said, cracked pistons, loose Gas Block, and all the rest of it being a matter of considerable record. They are junk guns, built as cheaply as possible in order to meet a specific price-point (originally $999). They were a pet project by a certain Canadian vendor who wanted to see if he could bring an economical semi-automatic rifle to market for under $1K MSRP. He succeeded, but the rifle suffers from design and material compromises that were made in order to meet the design-restrictive price-point. That is all indisputable fact, so no point in arguing any of it. I know, as I discussed the design at length with the WK180 developer during the early stages of the process.
Leaving other AR180 re-design efforts such as the R18 or Templar out of the discussion, nobody really bothered to fundamentally improve upon the design of the WK-180 itself until the Gen 2 came out under the supervision of a different primary designer/manufacturer. The WK-MCR was a partial improvement upon the WK-180, but it really only addressed concerns about "steel on aluminum" wear in the Upper Receiver. Similarly, the WK-180 Gen 2 addressed only some, but not all of the design shortcomings of the original WK-180 . The "Gen 3" WK-180 in the form of the BCL "Siberian" does a much better job of refining the orignial WK-180 concept into something potentially worth owning. Time will tell the tale of the "Siberian", but intial reports are encouraging now that the Firning Pin issue has been resolved. The form-factor is much improved, as are the ergonomics and controls (eg Right-side Bolt Release) of the "Siberian". While still long due to Canadian barrel-length requirements, the rifle is much more slender and lighter weight than the preceeding WK180 Gen 2, This is a good thing, and the "Siberian" shows promise as the rifle that the WK-180 should have been from the outset. We shall see. Hopefully BCL does something about the dreadful Charging Handle design sooner rather than later. They desperately need a folding design, Stat!
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Minute of Tavor accuracy at 100m
Is that you in the video?
Just a heads up, don’t be using your Siberian until you get your new FP, as it’s definitely the issue.
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Just curious but what happens when any other semi has a kaboom? I think this turned out well considering what happened,
Actually the bolt carrier didn’t explode, but more so crack in a couple of places.
It was around the area where the bolt cams over, it just kinda came apart when I removed it.
Firing pin is built.
Not saying it’s good , but at least we know that they can take a kaboom, without leaving stitches.
looks like if you took a file to the bolt carrier and put a bevel in the bottom then it would push the mag down on forward travel instead of hitting it and stopping (or chundering plastic mags).
wonder when the 7.62x39 version is coming out? i would buy, just to swing my grendel barrel over onto it.
In the fix it video, they said the issue occurs when the firing spring is either missing or weak. Could the same thing happen to other 180 based rifles if the firing pin spring is left off, or is the issue unique to how svelte the Siberian's BVG is?
Spring slides over the shoulder easily,so maybe that’s an issue?
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