I tried this in the past. Unfortunately I didn't have the wireless range to be able to view from 100m... Sad face. There are some extremely expensive contraptions you can buy that will let you do this though.

What are the most reliable mags for these guns? Thank you.

Can you please mention the site you ordered it from ?

I've heard this before. I have no such optics, so I can not confirm nor deny what will work and what won't.

It will work there’s a different upper u can buy now to overcome this problem

Garbage optics for the win!

Interesting. Shoot us an email and let us know if you find something brass cased that your MCR likes. Info@bspodcast.ca Thanks for watching!

Thanks, RCMP. I'm kidding. I have all kinds of Canada legal magazines. Some are used on our other videos testing magazines in various Canadian 180 rifles. Check 'em out on our page!

That cantilever, believe it or not, was a Wish special I ordered on a whim because it was only $19.99. Amazingly it is quite good, and it's held zero for a couple of years straight now. A few months after I got it I tried to go back and order more, but it had disappeared from Wish... Sad face...

I didn’t quite mean it like that I’m sure the Wk is just fine I hope you don’t want to sell it now. to each their own but I can’t see it being able to do anything my rifle can’t

Let's be honest, speaking about rifles and shooters are two different things. I dare say that there are a lot of inherent features to any AR styled rifle that make them much more capable compared to something like the SKS. Not the least of which is that a barrel swap for something significantly more accurate is easy with a 180c. This doesn't mention any of the other advantages to the more modern design compared to the SKS. Either way, if you like the SKS, then I'd suggest you keep shooting it.

@@bs_podcast I agree. i am actually planning to get one more sks but Re-barrel it for 6.5 Grendel I checked it and it feeds extracts and ejects! Should only need to set the headspace! It’s my favourite gun so I wanna do a Dmr build with a pu scope. I also had glass bedding done on the one I have

Can you swap the barrel with any AR-15 compatible barrel? I heard they are working on a 7.62 Gen 2, and I’m praying they don’t screw us with a 7.62x39 again. It better be .308/51 this time!!! Anyway, if they give me what I want, I want to swap on a 22” barrel at least and put on a good recoil reducing suppressor... and looks lol. I want to turn one into a custom (sorta) long range semi auto .308. Let me know what you think.

@@aidanmclean8574 with an AR you don’t need a 22 barrel you can just use a bolt swap out is the simplest

In this video I was using a Busnell Trophy 3-9x. It is a very entry level optic, but worked just fine for shooting out to 100m for testing. I've had a few different optics on this rifle, including: Vortex Strikefire 2 Red dot, Vortex Strike Eagle 1-8x LPVO, and currently I have a Vortex Viper 3-9x. For versatility, I have liked the Strike Eagle 1-8x. It's a nice entry level optic. I am also enjoying the Viper 3-9x and I think it's a good budget mid power hunting optic. I haven't experimented with higher end optics on this rifle, although I am eagerly awaiting the Apex Optics Edge 1-10xLPVO for one of my other 180 platform rifles. Which you should get depends on what you want to do. The red dot is nice if you dont want magnification. The LPVOs are great for blasting up close, and magnification for longer distances although it has a dot reticle with a xmas tree for longer distance hashmarks. If you're mostly doing longer stuff, and not blasting, then a mid power optic can be nice, or if you want a BDC or crosshair reticle.

@@bs_podcast I appreciate your response. Thank you. Typically, I shoot at longer distances. What would you recommend? Do you have any suggestions from Bushnell?

@@jashmanjotsingh3937 I've never used any Bushnell optics other than the trophy. I purchased a few of them on clearout a number of years ago. For larger brand commercial optics I've always stuck to Vortex. Sorry I couldn't make a better suggestion for you on the Bushnell front.

They have a flawed piston design. There are things you can do to mitigate it, but having a second piston on hand is not a bad idea. Other than that, it's minor stuff. We have other videos on this rifle, check them out on our page. All in all, I've been very happy with it. It's one of my favorite rifles that I own.

Awesome!! Thanks 🙏🏼!!!

Trigger reset

Frankly, it's held up quite well. I had the gas piston snap on my a few rounds ago, but I was sent a replacement at no cost. It was not a major issue, and I am aware that pistons have snapped on both the Gen 1 180c and on the MCRs. Overall, I'm quite happy with this Gen 2 rifle. I will have a full review coming out in the next few weeks that will recap everything, including my piston replacement. Thanks for watching!

@@bs_podcast I'd appreciate that, been thinking about buying one. Would love to hear what you have to say about it, especially how it relates to the MCR. The MCR has certainly been touted as the more durable of the original, but id be interested in seeing how your particular rifle has held up to x amount of rounds.

@@nehocdrofsnop For sure I'll put one out. I have a lot more experience with the 180c than the MCR, but I have been paying a lot of attention to both, and I have a Spec180 lower on one of my 180C uppers. If I'm being honest, I think that the MCR has had a better PR team, I don't actually see any significant quality differences between the internals of the two rifles. The MCR had some design upgrades, which is an inherent benefit of being released after the original, but I'm confident in saying that the Gen 2 has closed that gap. I'll be sure to give my full thoughts when I release a full video.

@@bs_podcast I appreciate the replies, thank you.

The highly gassed nature of the gas system on both WK Gens and the MCR in combination allow the rifles to eat poor ammo and function in extreme cold. However, there is a great deal of force impacting on the system. If the gas block screws are loose from factory, or loosen with time from the impact , the gas block can rotate out of alignment. The resulting torsion stress on the piston op rod can bend or snap the piston. The original AR-180 and modern alternative R18MK2 use a rifle length, multi-part flexible op rod that has more give and thus is more forgiving then the single piece WK/MCR op rod piston. This is why some WK's from the factory can self-destruct within a thousand rounds, as their generally poor QC in concert with their larger numbers means more loose gas blocks are missed then on the MCR. The same thing can happen to the MCR if its screws are loose from the factory, and both can have this eventually happen if the properly torqued screws loosen from the carbine length highly gassed impact on the system. The gas block's screws need to be either peened in place or have high temperature thread locker like Rocksett applied to them so they do not move. A note that Loctite will not work for this, as the gas block's operating temperatures will turn it back to goo with the heat and then powder when the system cools, as noted by Brownell's on their AR-15 and Loctite video. With the gas block aligned and secured properly, the WK has been reported to have been run for many thousands of rounds without issue; its basic operating system has been reproduced in various AR-180 descendent firearm designs, and has proven quite reliable.

The gas system is different in terms of the gas regulator and gas key, but it is still carbine length and .750 journal. True North Arms sells an after market rifle length kit for the 180c that would work on the gen 2. Sterling Arms, to my knowledge is the only rifle length 180 platform rifle currently in circulation.

You might be thinking of the Spectre LTD/Crusader Sentinel, which comes with a thicker then WK/MCR standard mid length piston from the factory.

It comes with a 18.7" 1:8 twist barrel and an a2 bird cage and carbine length gas system. It can accept any carbine length gas system AR barrel.

I'm not sure what you're asking?

The bulk UMC ammo isn't bad. It always goes bang. However, I've never had it shoot particularly accurately. Typically between 4-6" groups at 100m in everything from ar-15's to multiple 180 platforms. I generally keep it for run and gun blaster stuff cause it's just not amazing at distance.

Not at all man, I shoot the bucket o bullets all day. It use to be cheap too, only complaint is it runs little dirty.

@@asteiner9181 what do you mean dirty? Sorry, probably a dumb question but I'm going for my Pal soon and the more info I know the better.

@@kevinjunior8441 different manufacturers use different powders and primers.. some ammo runs dirty meaning just that, they give off lots of smoke and carbon deposits which gunk up your action and bolt. Example surplus 7.62 x39 ammo is mostly corrosive. The primers are “dirty” where as metal free primers and non lead bullets run cleaner.

Because I'm supposed to be shooting a precision rifle instead of a factory semi auto without a match barrel, with a $199 scope, and a mil spec ar trigger? If you say so. 🤣

There's made in Canada after market barrels a plenty to shrink those group sizes. Not to mention great triggers like Triggertech.

@@bs_podcast Great triggers from Geissele as well. My Gen 2 has a Geissele SSA-E 2 stage. Great upgrade.

Haha, it's doing just fine at 100m, but thanks. Now you can safely say that if you put a better scope on it you should shoot better than I did, so I guess you're welcome. 😉

I heard him clearly say it is a Bushnell Trophy unless you know that it is not..

@@bs_podcast what scope is this? thanks!

@@bham9988 dumaurier was right, it's a Bushnell trophy 3-9x. No one can blame their scope being worse than mine if they don't at least see the groups i saw with this rifle.