u/Stumpy-00

Good evening everyone. The purpose about this post is to see if any of you have had a similar issue and can help before I bother Dave. I am also not here to bad mouth the company or the product.

I recently received my Espada (Order# 9156 for those who are still waiting) and have been overall enjoying the firearm. I had to make a minor ejector adjustment and my feed ramp has loosened but those are no big deal.

The issue is a wandering zero. For context I’ve shot hundreds of weapons in my time in the military (also an instructor) and as a civilian. I’m pretty confident in my optic mounting and zero abilities.

Over the course of two range days with the espada, I could never zero at 50 yards. I could zero at 15 and it would be stupid precise, holes on holes. As soon as I shifted to 50 yards, I might get a decent group, make an adjustment on the optic, shoot again and be off the paper. Typically I was very wide right anytime I went to distance. The best group I got at 50 yards was about a 4 MOA group about 3 inches high. I made the proper elevation adjustment on the red dot and my next ‘group’ produced one round on the extreme right edge of a full silhouette target.

For further clarification, this happened with two different optics. The first was a Monstrum prism scope (yes, low quality, I had low expectations of it already) but the second optic was a Vortex Triumph red dot that I have used, grouped, and shot no problem with other firearms. So I do not think I have an optic issue. I wished I had written down the results of each optic and the direct group to group so that I could be clearer.

Any advice or knowledge would be appreciated. Next time I go out, I’m gonna start at 15 and move to 25 to get a better feel for what is going on. Thank you very much, have a good day!

Hey everyone. I have been watching DT and the MDR line for years and finally purchased a WLVRN in 6.5 Creedmoor with the main intention of it being a hunting rifle. Out the box, I was extremely surprised as I can print about 1-1.5 MOA with Hornady 129 gr Interlock loads. Hornady match rounds did just as well. I ended up doing a run and gun competition with this thing and it went very well.

I ended up purchasing the 5.56 conversion kit (20in) in order to continue running the WLVRN in competitions without the added weight and ammo cost of the 6.5. So I got the conversion in, watched DT’s YouTube video while doing it. The resulting accuracy was atrocious. The first day I couldn’t even group. It was like 12+ MOA or something along those lines. I tried 55gr Winchester and some 62gr frontier. I took it home, and took it apart and reinstalled. Second time was maybe a little better but still probably around 10+ MOA at 50 yards with the 55gr Winchester. I tried some 75gr Hornady match for fun and it was just as bad.

I ended up doing a couple groups at 50 yards by firing once then allowing the whole thing to cool about 5 minutes before firing again. This method produced a 1-2 MOA group with 55gr Winchester. It seems clear to me that the is a heat issue with this barrel? Any normal string or fire just deteriorates the accuracy like wild.

I have reconfigured everything back to 6.5 Creedmoor and the accuracy is back as it should be, significantly decreasing my stress levels lol. My zero was only 1 MOA high (impressive after the barrel change).

Have any of you had the same issues and have suggestions? I was planning to reach out to DT this Monday. Thanks for your time.