Wolverine & Kodiak - Announcement

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badboybeeson said:
Nitriding is a type of Heat treating, one of the best for steel if you ask me, we Nitride all of our steel parts, depending on what type of Nitride process is used.
In basic wording, Nitride gives the steel part a sub surface hardness without effecting the the core hardness of the steel product .
for example our comps are pre hard 4140 steel at 32 RC and then nitride treated, this gives a sub surface or what most would call a surface hardness the around 60Rc.
without the issues of a full core heat treat.
i,m sure this is what is planed for the affected parts, that said i,m not in the know, this is just what we have been doing for the last 10+ years and it works well for us.
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I also use black nitride on steel parts, in my limited experience I don’t consider the depth hard enough withstand the pressure required from a small explosion, unless the underlying steel has been hardened already (like pre hard 4041) since nitride is surface only.. I am curious to know if they ditched pre hardened steel to go with black nitiriding without realizing what they were doing, but I have a hard time believing that a gun maker would actually not know better.
 
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Are you guys hydrogen embrittelment baking these parts for 24 hours at 375'F after nitrite treatment to relieve hydrogen embrittement stress???
 
I know wolverine does "alot" and i thank you for the fire arms community i do not own one of these rifles but i do believe this could fix this issue if you can relay the msg to kodiak enginering dept.

Thanks
 
grimalkin said:
I have read on reddit that they decided to REPLACE the heat treat with black nitride. Nitriding will not cause metal to become brittle... but not heat treating will cause the steel to break.

This is information from an email from someone that worked at Kodiak and was quoted by someone on reddit... perhaps someone at Kodiak can confirm or deny this.
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Nitride can cause metal to behave as if it were brittle if it is sunk to deep into the surface of the part or the part is a metal that does not like to be nitrided ie... s7 . Read up on white layers in steel after nitride

If the original carriers broke because of heat treating, chances are they were taken to high on the hardness scale at which point the thin walled areas became susceptible to fracture. Every metal had a point where they become brittle with heat treat.
 
pierre trudeau said:
Nitride can cause metal to behave as if it were brittle if it is sunk to deep into the surface of the part or the part is a metal that does not like to be nitrided ie... s7 . Read up on white layers in steel after nitride

If the original carriers broke because of heat treating, chances are they were taken to high on the hardness scale at which point the thin walled areas became susceptible to fracture. Every metal had a point where they become brittle with heat treat.
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From what I understand they switched to nitriding and then carriers started to break
 
Sherlock Gnomes said:
I sent an email this morning and it bounce back will check again as to why the one provided didnt work.
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Apologies what email are you referring to? Wolverine or Kodiak?

** Also I am going to say this again, if any posts on this thread use profanity, are not contributing to the subject matter related to this thread, or are uncivil they will be removed without any hesitation. **
 
Wolverine .303 said:
Wolverine and Kodiak Defence together have brought you and will continue to bring you the WK180-C to the Canadian Market, during this process we have engaged with end user as they provided customer feedback. Doing so we jointly strive to provide the best customer service and value for money. After consultation between Wolverine and Kodiak the following voluntary recall notice will now be in affect.

For any questions on the WK180-C or accessories, sales, ect As always:

You can E-mail us at: sales@wolverinesupplies.com

You can Call us at: 204-748-2454

You can send at letter to: Box 729 , #1 River Valley Road, Virden, MB, R0M 2C0 , Canada

You can send a messenger to : Lattitude#49.89617 | Longitude -100.85384 NE ¼ 5-11-25

For any questions on the WK180-C warranty or recall, please contact Kodiak Defence.

Link to the Website --> https://www.wolverinesupplies.com/ProductDetail/KODWK180CONLINE_-Kodiak-Defence-WK180-C-5-56-Nato-18-6--Non-Restricted---DEPOSIT-ONLY-

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I don't quite understand the serial numbers in the letter, is it supposed to read 18CA0949 to 19CA2246?
 
So if I'm interested in upgrading to a screw in bolt handle should I wait until that can be done at the same time? My serial number is affected by this. Thanks
 
Double Denim said:
So if I'm interested in upgrading to a screw in bolt handle should I wait until that can be done at the same time? My serial number is affected by this. Thanks
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If your bolt carrier is affected it will be replaced with one from current production which will give you the threaded in bolt knob.
If your bolt carrier is good it will be returned as is with the existing magnetic handle.

We are working on an alternative for these magnetic bolt handles but no details just yet.
 
Wolverine .303 said:
Apologies what email are you referring to? Wolverine or Kodiak?

** Also I am going to say this again, if any posts on this thread use profanity, are not contributing to the subject matter related to this thread, or are uncivil they will be removed without any hesitation. **
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The one for Kodiak that was in a previous post. A further post answered most of my questions I had regarding the threaded handle as a replacement. I mainly want to know rough turn around time to get bolt checked and sent back or replaced as well. That was the sum of my questions. I have matches thos.month and dont want to be down my rifle if the delay is going to be long.
 
Sherlock Gnomes said:
The one for Kodiak that was in a previous post. A further post answered most of my questions I had regarding the threaded handle as a replacement. I mainly want to know rough turn around time to get bolt checked and sent back or replaced as well. That was the sum of my questions. I have matches thos.month and dont want to be down my rifle if the delay is going to be long.
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For turn around times please contact Kodiak directly, if you haves matches scheduled, I am very confident if you talk to Owen he will do his utmost to work with you, but please talk to him before shipping.
 
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