04-30-2018, 10:00 PM | #71 |
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Re: .280 British Stats?
And the nylon balls in Claymores, which are transparent to X-rays.
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04-30-2018, 10:01 PM | #72 | |
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Which is why forward- or downward-eject bullpups are what you want. 20"-24" barrel, no problem.
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They were also adamant that anything smaller than 0.30" was not going to be acceptable. The whole point of the 276/280 was lower recoil, as the 7.62 was rather punishing. It managed to match all the requirements except size, which would have remove all the advantages. An older bullet design would have been interesting, BTW; extremely long and aluminium with a gilding metal skirt. Same advantages as a small cal, can use the same barrels as 7.62.
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04-30-2018, 10:22 PM | #74 | |
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And here's a pre-prod FN FAL bullpup that ejects forwards: http://www.nvtech.com.au/ProjPast/GP...ifle/GPIR.html
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04-30-2018, 11:00 PM | #75 |
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Those use steel balls, not nylon ones.
Except for poor weight and balance distribution. And often being non-ambidextrous. |
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I used to be a fan of bullpups, but over the years, and after exposure to the Steyr AUG and handling some others, I'm not not so keen, at least for semi-autos.
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05-01-2018, 05:53 AM | #79 |
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Actually, I was thinking in terms of bullpup bolt actions. These have issues of handedness (because the bolt handle tends to sit right by your cheek), but allow very long barrels in reasonable overall lengths. This has uses in civilian hunting and target shooting that can make it worth the costs in ease of reloading, etc. (because these usually aren't that important in a hunting rifle).
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cheers TD
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