12-18-2011, 07:41 PM
As a bullpup owner, I can tell you that the concussive effects on your ears is MUCH stronger vs a standard AR platform if you have no hearing protection (To be clear, I did NOT volunteer to test my rifles that way). I definitely do NOT see bullpup configurations in the "Future Warfighter" configuration. In fact, I'd daresay that the future caliber, IF there really is one, will be one that has the same total cartridge weight as the current 5.56, and preferably able to have 30 rounds in a magazine not much larger than what we have now. Otherwise, I think it's a complete non-starter.