What Happened to the MDRx?



The MDRx has been a curiosity for me for quite some time. I don’t recall a new rifle platform that had as much built up hype as this thing.
And yet, like Avatar, no one seems to care about it in current year.

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45 thoughts on “What Happened to the MDRx?”

  1. Bullpups are not for me.

    I've been training as a shooter since age 8.
    That training led to a 15 year career as a military sniper.
    The best spotters and I helped take out the worst HVTs in multiple environments.
    "Spotters are the real heroes in a sniper team."–ME
    If, like me, people have been shooting for over 50 years with conventional firearms, changing horses mid-stream makes zero sense. None.

    Sexy as a few of these rifles might be, acclimating to completely new firearms systems, with otherworldly costs strikes me as lacking any semblance of COMMON SENSE.

    END OF TRANSMISSION.

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  2. I love my BLK LBL for my X-95. night and day better than that forend, it's a way better profile, and updating to M-Lok allowed me to keep my light setup pretty streamlined. I also appreciate the section of pic rail on top, I figure one day I might be able to add an IR device there.

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  3. I use the RFB 24 Hunter custom tactical. Basically removed all plastic and reverse engineered it to aluminum then guccied it out with all different types of rails, gear and deleted and replaced the manufacturer with Ghost in the Shell's firearm manufacturer "Seburo". Never had an issue besides a 1983 762 Malaysian ammo case rupturing (gun wasn't damaged, not even cosmetically)

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  4. Mine has the sticky mag release too. I got the 20" .308 because they wont ship 16" to CA for some stupid reason. Its really picky with ammo or mine is just a special snowflake, Saltech M80 jams and rips rims, but Winchester and federal are no problem. I hope Desert Tech keeps iterating on the MDRX, an 8.6 or 300blk version of the micron would be super cool for home defense.

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  5. Can confirm the barrel whip theory: While testing handloads, I shot the 20" 6.5CM with and without a can. Same load, the suppressor cut the group size down to a third, compared to the bare muzzle groups. With a suppressor, the gun shot a 0.7 MOA group, same load without a can came in at 2.1 MOA.

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  6. When I was down range, I spent some time with Aussie and British Soldiers. The Aussies loved their bullpups, the Brits had a love/hate relationship with theirs. What I observed on patrols/day-to-day activities around them was that the bullpups are just fine when carrying at the ready and shooting in conventional standing/kneeling positions. However, when trying to manipulate the rifles in awkward positions, the bullpups are really lacking. Obviously, a hasty prone position is a problem…so are certain barricades. Also, malfunctions are an ass pain. I didn't see a lot of malfunctions, but they do happen and they're obnoxious on bullpups. Mag changes are slower and borderline retarded in awkward fighting positions. IMO, bullpups sound good in theory – and on paper. They just don't integrate well in real life.

    Almost forgot – rail space is a serious problem. By the time you get all the modern "necessities" mounted, there's no place for your hand. Every country that adopted bullpups has already seen their special operators switch over to AR-pattern rifles. Their conventional forces will follow in due time.

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  7. See, my problem is I want to check off multiple collection boxes at once and get a .308 Bullpup and it's basically this or the Keltec. And since the Keltec one is a Keltec and was released however long ago, nobody talks about it in any way other than memes.

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  8. These are neat, but I couldn't spend that much extra over the Hellion for the trigger.
    The whole cult thing makes me uncomfortable, but frankly, most gun manufacturers are either guilty of doing some sketchy shit at some point or another, or just not making anything worth considering.
    The whole defrauding the DOD thing is a little less cool though.

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  9. Weird comment here
    I have that same hairstyle and facial structure. Some of the shots of you aiming make my monkey brain think im lookin at myself but thinner and i run a youtube channel.

    Weird comment over🎉

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  10. The Lucky Irishman handguard uses a different attachment mechanism. It uses two metal blocks that clamp around the area of the receiver where the handguard pin goes, and instead of the standard pin uses an internally threaded dowel pin to secure the blocks. Then those blocks accept screws to secure the actual handguard. The downside is if you think the BLK LBL handguard is beefy, you won't like the girth of the Lucky Irishman. But it'll also fit over a suppressor with loads of room to spare.

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