these new 180's are so simple of a design,it should hard to go wrong with anything,Wolverine and Kodial did their jobs right,kept it simple,priced it right without the Canadian NR price gouging the other NR options put on theirs,and they are selling the hell of them,you dont see the other options selling 1000 guns in 3 days,
No offence but what are you basing your statement on?
This rifle has no manufacturing history with these people so with increased demand there are a multitude of issues that could crop up.
Also, how do you know Wolverine and Kodiak did anything right? No product has been tested, reviewed or delivered. Other than a few posts and a website promise you have nothing to base your opinion on other than them telling you what you want to hear.
As for the price, yes it appears well placed but without knowing the full spec of the product and supporting positive third party reviews how do you know quality wasn’t compromised to deliver price point...
As for selling 1000 guns (yes I find this baffling considering where it is in the product cycle) the original PO was for a thousand guns with 300 delivered in 12 to 16 weeks and a weekly capacity of 20 to 50 rifles so best case is to clear this order will be 6 months (26 weeks) with a possibility that it could be up to a year (51 weeks).
What I would like to know is of the rifles sold, how many were batch stock orders for dealers? Or, how many of the 1000 actually have peoples names on them, many of these could be inventory considering the amount of dealers still taking deposits.
In many companies rapidly escalating economies of scale in manufacturing have wreaked havoc with QA , some of these companies that you state “gouge” have learned this and continue to have excellent QA (granted some do not...) but that came at a cost.
Not trying to dump on you, or them and I sincerely hope it goes better than planned as I would like one at some point too but this dance is far from over and they (like everyone else) need to earn the accolades of success.
ATRS already started production of the stripped MV sets while they wait for a FRT.
Id wait for those now. And build a baddass NR AR
While not part of the OP’s options it is one of my top 2 choices.