You are right. I had not paid any attention to the DT MDR since their announcement at Shot this year. Nick has said they should be released the summer of 2015. I have 2 DTAs, which are bullet proof. I think Nick learned from his SRS A1 release that you need to be ready to fill plenty of orders initially and will be ready! Price should be competitive with the Tavor and what do you think of the switch caliber capability, while still maintaining your zero with each barrel?
Why since the Tavor is battle proven for 10 years does it still have such a crappy trigger???
I find the caliber conversion systems to be a waste. I could have two rifles set up for the price of a DTA with conversion. You still have to rezero your optic or trust your adustments are still good. Anything mechanical can fail and I just don't trust it. This is for a bolt gun.
In a semi/combat style carbine or bullpup, it is even more useless. If I want a 6.5/6.8/or 300 Whisper than I would build up a dedicated gun with optics, setup for that round. All of those rounds are hunting rounds. Bear with me here.
Considering no militaries are anywhere near close to adopting any of those rounds for widespread use, the cheapest you are going to find plinking ammo is $.75-$1.25 /rd. At those prices, unless your last name is Remington or hornady, very few people could afford to train with them. Since they can't afford to train with them, they probably shouldn't be employing them for serious work. So they are glorified hunting rounds at this point.
Building a semi is not like building a bolt gun. There is much more to reliable function such as gas port/piston setup , dwell times, spring power levels, bullet shoulder angles , magazines, ect. There is a reason very few guns other than AR's are able to run a variety of rounds, and that is the real testament to the AR's design.
If I am taking a training class, I will use 5.56. Everything is built around that round. If I was taking a typical training class that shoots 1000-1200 rnds over 2 days, On top of my travel, class fee (~$525 for 2 days) and incidentals, my ammo cost would jump by $400-700 if I was to shoot one of the intermediate rounds. It is so cost prohibitive, with little benefit at typical engagement range, that no one uses them. If we get a major military or two to adopt it, then we might see more reasonable priced ammo and it would be a consideration.
With that being said, I dont' need nor want a conversion. That would fuck up my zero's and introduce a margin of error with the conversion. It would without a doubt not be as reliable (as the round it was designed for) and that is saying alot. It is much better to have a separate dedicated system then trying to switch parts around. Especially when the costs are the same, its a no brainer.
ALL bullpups have a shitty trigger. Its a function of the design. It requires a linkage and more mechanics introduced, that have to fit the weapons physical profile while still being reliable in a combat weapon. If your worried about the trigger on your bullpup, then you have no business buying one , because your buying one for the wrong reasons. The trigger is heavy, but it works. Its a combat trigger, not a match trigger. If you need a better one, then feel free to drop some money on a Gisselle.
You have to understand, some of us have been in this game for a long time. We have seen products come and go, we have seen shit hyped, to never come to market and there are reasons that certain designs go a certain way.
How do you know what the price of the DT carbine will be? The Masada was supposed to be a completely modular and ambi gun for around $1000. look how that turned out.
