Wk180-C technical questions & answers only

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Itr452 said:
For owners what lar magazines have you put thru?
In the black rifle forum here there seems to be some issues with some metal magazines

Thinking about getting some elander or cprod ones
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I have run every kind of commonly available metal pistol lar mag through mine except elander..
all work well
 
Foward trigger side pin.

Is it a known issue, is there a fix or reason this pin gets out of the receiver ?
 
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Frank- said:
Foward trigger side pin.

Is it a known issue, is there a fix or reason this pin gets out of the receiver ?
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Try pushing it in from the other side. If the J-spring in the hammer flops over the pin gets forced to one side or looks like it is coming out.
 
Itr452 said:
For owners what lar magazines have you put thru?
In the black rifle forum here there seems to be some issues with some metal magazines

Thinking about getting some elander or cprod ones
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All of my. 50 beawolf aluminum, and 10 round aluminum mags will not work. They sit too low.

I bought polymer 10 round mags that function well.
 
Just installed a cassette-type trigger in mine the other day (TriggerTech). Installation was pretty straight forward but I did have to file a tiny amount of material off the bottom of the bolt catch to make it fit.
 
So my wk180 nearly chambered a piece of it’s piston today. The last 3” of the piston broke off, fell onto the feed ramp and tried to race the next round into the chamber, they both got stuck. I have less then 100 rounds they the gun, has anyone els broken there piston rod?
 
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Freetard said:
So my wk180 nearly chambered a piece of it’s piston today. The last 3” of the piston broke off, fell onto the feed ramp and tried to race the next round into the chamber, they both got stuck. I have less then 100 rounds they the gun, has anyone els broken there piston rod?
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wow that really sucks, I have close to 700 rounds through mine and had chamber and mag issues but not this
 
Freetard said:
So my wk180 nearly chambered a piece of it’s piston today. The last 3” of the piston broke off, fell onto the feed ramp and tried to race the next round into the chamber, they both got stuck. I have less then 100 rounds they the gun, has anyone els broken there piston rod?
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Holy crap! That is what you call a major failure! At least it is still under warranty, but that should not happen with a brand new gun. Let us know what Kodiak has to say about it.
 
One of my WK180-S's has over 600 through it now. Other than the odd metal mag not feeding and the chamber needing re reamed I've had no issues. It runs 100% so far.
 
Freetard said:
So my wk180 nearly chambered a piece of it’s piston today. The last 3” of the piston broke off, fell onto the feed ramp and tried to race the next round into the chamber, they both got stuck. I have less then 100 rounds they the gun, has anyone els broken there piston rod?
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Please contact Kodiak defence at Service@kodiakdefence.com and they will get you sorted out. I have never heard of a piston failing and over 1000 rifles sold. I tested one rifle myself to over 5,000 rds, I totally abused her by getting her badly over heated on several occasions and never had a problem.

I do not see this as a QC problem, all rifles are test fired by Kodiak before shipping, it is a fact of life that sometimes things simply break, but please contact Kodiak ASAP so they can check pistons in stock.
 
Still waiting to hear about the .300 BO barrel conversion. I asked on here if it was doable and told that it was. Is that still the case? My rifle was one of the first to come into Wolverine and I'm still waiting.
 
KodiakDefence said:
Hi all,

As always, we are thrilled to remedy anything that goes wrong with the WK180C such as this. Thanks to Freetard for getting a hold of us by email; we look forward to receiving his rifle. However, a small correction to Mr Wolverine's post is necessary: While very uncommon, this is not the first broken piston we have encountered. We have repaired at least three other rifles with the same issue. In those cases, there was a fault during the pinning of the gasblock which left a wobble. Though we do test fire each rifle during the assembly process, the issue is not apparent with a limited number of rounds. We have taken steps to mitigate this issue and, as Mr Wolverine said, we encourage anyone encountering this issue to contact us at Service@KodiakDefence.com for remedy.

Happy shooting,

The Kodiak Defence Team
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Is there any way to check for this wobble?
 
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