Wolverine's WK181-C...

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Mr. Wolverine, I am interested in the design of the bolt face. Will it have more "meat" than the AR-15 bolts in 7.62x39, and hopefully avoid those weakness issues?

What is the depth of the bolt face recess, is it .125 or the .136"?

If one could get their hands on one of these with a good strong .136 bolt, it should feed the straight walled 6.5 grendel reliably in the original WK-180C lower, using 10 round AR mags. That would be some fun tinkering around and a sweet shooting rifle for us Nutz!

I see why you are going with AK mags lower for 7.62x39, that tapered case needs the curved magwell.
 
flyinlead said:
Mr. Wolverine, I am interested in the design of the bolt face. Will it have more "meat" than the AR-15 bolts in 7.62x39, and hopefully avoid those weakness issues?

What is the depth of the bolt face recess, is it .125 or the .136"?

If one could get their hands on one of these with a good strong .136 bolt, it should feed the straight walled 6.5 grendel reliably in the original WK-180C lower, using 10 round AR mags. That would be some fun tinkering around and a sweet shooting rifle for us Nutz!

I see why you are going with AK mags lower for 7.62x39, that tapered case needs the curved magwell.
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As we only have some pre production prototypes no details have been finalised at this time.
 
Mr. Wolverine, have you considered using a modular magwell on the lower similar to the one on cz805? This way you can make one lower but have the options of using ak, ar, and pistol mag for future calibers.

I understand the development cost and time will most likely rule out the modular magwell feature, but maybe at least design the lower so that after market mag adapter can be easily attached?
 
diegocn said:
Mr. Wolverine, have you considered using a modular magwell on the lower similar to the one on cz805? This way you can make one lower but have the options of using ak, ar, and pistol mag for future calibers.

I understand the development cost and time will most likely rule out the modular magwell feature, but maybe at least design the lower so that after market mag adapter can be easily attached?
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I have considered that, but I believe a big part of the huge success of the WK180-C was keeping the price down, our margins are extremely low. Looking forward, keeping the design simple is a must, in order to keep the final price down. We looked at modular feed wells for the Utility .308 rifle but it was going to increase the cost and aggravate any feeding issues. If we doubled the amount of available mags it would increase the likely hood that some one would be able to find one that wouldn't work, an issue we are striving to avoid.
 
Makes more sense for them to not do pre orders an have a long lengthy back log to fill. When they could just say hey boys we have some rifles in Stock today! An they are sold out in 15 mins. Win Win for them right lol
 
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Ustauk said:
When using the WK181-C upper with the WK180-C lower, have you had a chance to try XCR-L 10 round pistol magazines you carry? If so, how did it feed?
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We do not have any pre-production WK181-C rifles here, I had almost no time to test fire as one had to go to the RCMP and the others are away to a Show in Vegas! Look us up booth #1650!
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Thanks, maybe you can give the XCR magazine a try when the Shot Show demo units return home.
 
CRBurton said:
I still think they should focus on the bugs in the wk-180c before releasing the new rifle.
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Functionally, the upper is the same, just chambered, barrelled and pinned for 7.62 x 39 mm , and the lower is only altered in the mag-well and mag release. Any faults in the WK will be magnified with the more powerful round going through the rifle, and I'm sure they will make a note of any failures that occur and make a troubleshooting plan to address any warranty issues that would also apply to the WK-180.
 
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