Cataphract
Well-Known Member
I love bullpups. The length of an SBR without the paperwork or velocity loss. Three main issues with them that I always see thrown around…trigger, which for many platforms the aftermarket has addressed. People replace milspec triggers in their AR’s, but balk at doing the same for a bullpup? Weird ergonomics and manual of arms…well, weird compared to an AR but if you’d trained on something other than an AR then those AR ergonomics might feel weird. Finally cost…well, can’t argue that one. AR platform has been the big dog in the American market for a while now and economy of scale has weighed in it’s favor. I love bullpups but for the prices they’re going for (figure $1500 and up for anything good) and for that much what kind of an AR can you put together? Pretty hard for any other platform to compete.
I do think that if Mr Stoner had decided not to come up with the AR platform and we’d adopted something like the Steyr Aug instead and it had the benefit of all the time and expertise plus aftermarket support that we might view bullpups in a different light.
I do think that if Mr Stoner had decided not to come up with the AR platform and we’d adopted something like the Steyr Aug instead and it had the benefit of all the time and expertise plus aftermarket support that we might view bullpups in a different light.