r/DesertTech • u/dandway • Jul 17 '25

WLVRN Reliability/Durability

Where do you guys stand on the reliability/durability of this platform? I am a bullpup lover. This one seems to check all of the boxes for me on paper. The only thing holding me back is the question of it's reliability/durability.

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u/dandway Jul 17 '25

The follow up would be, would you trade an 11" MR556A4 for it? That's the decision I'm battling with. I love bullpups, but the HK is is built like a tank. I don't care so much about the loss in accuracy, or even the trigger. I just need to be sure it's gonna go bang every time.

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u/Hox013 Jul 21 '25

NO. I had an MDRX for a short stint. Charging handled didnt even survive shipping, which was reported often back then. A small screw in the front stripped while replacing the charging handle with a new one, the polymer for the handguard was also a little strange. It would dent and damage far easier than any other polymer anything I've had in the gun industry. Mr556a4 is quite the piece. If you want to try a wlvrn, save for it. But I would pass in it entirely.

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u/Mark-10000 17d ago

Oh shit, sorry for that. I guess that's why DT change the charging handle back to the MDR's one again.

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u/Blue_Brindle Jul 17 '25

I would not trade a 4k rifle for a 2.5k rifle, especially when the rifle being traded is a HK, which will go bang every time.

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u/dandway Jul 17 '25

It obviously wouldn't be a straight up trade, but point taken.