This reduces the time it takes to get on target. You can even equip the 20-inch barrel to the AUG and still have a rifle 4 inches short than the M4.īullpup rifles also tend to be faster to get to the shoulder.

The Steyr AUG with a 16-inch barrel is 8 inches shorter than an M4 carbine with the same length barrel.

A bullpup has a full-length rifle barrel in a platform just as compact and handy as a short-barreled rifle. Without ear and eye protection, or a suppressor, you’ll be blind and deaf after the first few shots. Short barreled rifles are designed to be used in close quarters, so imagine increased muzzle flash and concussion in a close quarters environment. On top of that you’ll be forced to deal with a louder rifle that packs a more extreme muzzle flash and potentially brutal concussion. The shorter barrel results in a loss of velocity and effective range. With a standard rifle the only way to trim size is to shorten the barrel.Ī short barrel will often negatively affect a rifle round’s performance. Shorter rifles are easier to use inside buildings, in and out of vehicles, and are masters of close quarter battle. A shorter rifle is typically a handier rifle. The biggest advantage to the bullpup platform comes in space saving design. Rifles like the FAMAS and AUG have served extensively in Europe and are still serving today. Modern bullpups have been around since the 1970s. The first bullpup adopted into military service was the EM-2 adopted in 1951 for a very short period.

In 1918 the first semi auto bullpup was invented and was known as the Faucon-Meunier of France. The Army experimented with a Springfield 1903 bolt action rifle in a bullpup configuration. Most are surprised to discover that the bullpup concept dates as far as 1903. This saves quite a bit of space and lowers the rifle’s overall length.īullpups look like Space Age blaster rifles and it’s not uncommon to assume they are a recently discovered concept. This places the gun’s operating system behind the trigger in what is essentially the stock. The defining feature of a bullpup rifle is the placement of the action behind the trigger. Bullpups can be rifles, shotguns, and submachine guns, but today it’s all about rifles. This is Gun News Daily, and I’m using the word bullpup like it’s Puppy News Daily.Ī Bullpup is not an actual pup, but a specific type of layout of a rifle. Some of you maybe wanting me to pump the brakes and actually explain what I’m talking about. I don’t want to get too ahead of myself here.

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