01-02-2014, 06:18 PM
There are at least 2 bullpups that have superb triggers, but they are bolt guns. One is the German DSR-1, and the other is the DTA SRS.
Cracking the code on a decent trigger in a self-loading bullpup is a different story, since self-loading rifles typically have hammers instead of strikers.
The issue is that the amount of compression it takes to cock a striker fights the unlocking cam in a rotating bolt weapon, so I'm unaware of a production striker-fired, gas-operated military rifle. I can't say I've ever seen one at all, and have been looking to see if any developmental work has been done on such a thing. Maybe some of the original turn-bolt actions that were converted to self-loaders would have one.
I've always been a big fan of the bullpup concept, but I don't think all the challenges with a bullpup have been properly solved. Ejection is one that when you go with the Russian tubular forward eject like the FN2000, you complicate the extraction mechanism to a point that is simply unsatisfactory for a military weapon, even though the Belgians have fielded it. Here is the weapon they took their design from:
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Then look at controls. Mag release, bolt hold open and release, and selector become problematic. I had a design I worked on years ago that addressed all of these and more, but the ejection system would really have to be R&D'd bigtime, as it is most likely prone to self-induced, post-ejection port clearance stove pipes.
Cracking the code on a decent trigger in a self-loading bullpup is a different story, since self-loading rifles typically have hammers instead of strikers.
The issue is that the amount of compression it takes to cock a striker fights the unlocking cam in a rotating bolt weapon, so I'm unaware of a production striker-fired, gas-operated military rifle. I can't say I've ever seen one at all, and have been looking to see if any developmental work has been done on such a thing. Maybe some of the original turn-bolt actions that were converted to self-loaders would have one.
I've always been a big fan of the bullpup concept, but I don't think all the challenges with a bullpup have been properly solved. Ejection is one that when you go with the Russian tubular forward eject like the FN2000, you complicate the extraction mechanism to a point that is simply unsatisfactory for a military weapon, even though the Belgians have fielded it. Here is the weapon they took their design from:
Then look at controls. Mag release, bolt hold open and release, and selector become problematic. I had a design I worked on years ago that addressed all of these and more, but the ejection system would really have to be R&D'd bigtime, as it is most likely prone to self-induced, post-ejection port clearance stove pipes.