I gave this a hard look a while back and decided against it. Bullpups certainly look cool, but I’ve always found them to be an ergonomic disaster in my hands.
(The only exception is a bullpup inline muzzleloader I once encountered. Magazine changes and ejection were not a concern ant it was even electrically triggered, which did away with the pesky long trigger linkage that plagues all bullpups. But then, only a heathen and an infidel would build such a thing…)
Problem with these from CBS, other than build quality, (if you watch te review videos out there) is that the long magazines of both the AK and the Saiga get all botched up in the grip area.
granted, these are still a long way from the century manifistations, but not to far. Still isnt a Keltec either, they seem to have the bulpup format down and well worked out any trigger issues.
April 20th, 2011 at 1:39 pm
I gave this a hard look a while back and decided against it. Bullpups certainly look cool, but I’ve always found them to be an ergonomic disaster in my hands.
(The only exception is a bullpup inline muzzleloader I once encountered. Magazine changes and ejection were not a concern ant it was even electrically triggered, which did away with the pesky long trigger linkage that plagues all bullpups. But then, only a heathen and an infidel would build such a thing…)
April 20th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
That looks like it needs, or will soon need, a tax stamp.
April 20th, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Coming next week on “Sons of Guns”…
April 20th, 2011 at 7:45 pm
Still have to deal with that %^#^%(*& Kalshnikov safety, but now it’s buried in your armpit!
April 20th, 2011 at 9:35 pm
Problem with these from CBS, other than build quality, (if you watch te review videos out there) is that the long magazines of both the AK and the Saiga get all botched up in the grip area.
granted, these are still a long way from the century manifistations, but not to far. Still isnt a Keltec either, they seem to have the bulpup format down and well worked out any trigger issues.
April 20th, 2011 at 9:39 pm
Cannot speak for the Saiga, but my Mosin Nagant conversion is on order, and hopefully heading to a machine shop in the next month… mabye.
April 21st, 2011 at 6:30 am
Looks like it’s got the looks to give Carolyn McCarthy a bad case of spastic colon, and I’d call that very useful indeed.
April 21st, 2011 at 3:25 pm
If it works with a “standard” Saiga, and can be put on by the end user, I could see it being a pretty cool deal.
April 22nd, 2011 at 5:54 pm
I always get a huge kick out of posts like this.