ChanceMcCall
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My wife's primary carry is a Boberg 9mm and I sometimes carry a Bond Arms Bullpup. (She took the Boberg away from me so I had to buy the Bond Arms to replace it.) There is nothing we don't love about the guns for close quarters defense yet we rarely hear anyone else mention them except for some gun reviews.
That said, I recognize this is a gun best reserved for experts with plenty of money. They are more money than the plastic guns and they don't have the capacity of a Springfield Armory Hellcat or a Sig 365. They also require paying attention to the ammo to make sure it is crimped, which is really not a big deal except to haters who think every gun should fire anything just in case they get to play out their Walter Mitty fantasies and only uncrimped ammo is available when the bad guys are coming after them in hoards.
All that said, we tested these guns, using four experienced shooters and 6,000 rounds of ammo against the Sig 365, the Springfield Armory Hellcat, the S&W Shield, the Glock 43, and a Detonics Auto Nine. Some of the ammo was Viet Nam surplus, quite a bit of it was Lake City, and the rest was Sig's new ammo for compact pistols, Federal Hydra Shoks, and some of the new Super Vel combat rounds.
Most of the testing was at 7 yards or 10 yards. We did shoot a few rounds at 25 yards. We were particularly interested in which gun could be drawn and fired accurately at 7-10 yards the fastest. After all, speed and accuracy is primary to winning a gun fight.
The Boberg (same as Bond Arms Bullpup) was considerably faster than the Springfield Armory Hellcat which came in second. The Sig 365 came in 3d, with the Glock coming in 4th, the Detonics coming in 5th, and the Shield 6th.
So, why are more experts not lining up for the Bond Arms Bullpup?
That said, I recognize this is a gun best reserved for experts with plenty of money. They are more money than the plastic guns and they don't have the capacity of a Springfield Armory Hellcat or a Sig 365. They also require paying attention to the ammo to make sure it is crimped, which is really not a big deal except to haters who think every gun should fire anything just in case they get to play out their Walter Mitty fantasies and only uncrimped ammo is available when the bad guys are coming after them in hoards.
All that said, we tested these guns, using four experienced shooters and 6,000 rounds of ammo against the Sig 365, the Springfield Armory Hellcat, the S&W Shield, the Glock 43, and a Detonics Auto Nine. Some of the ammo was Viet Nam surplus, quite a bit of it was Lake City, and the rest was Sig's new ammo for compact pistols, Federal Hydra Shoks, and some of the new Super Vel combat rounds.
Most of the testing was at 7 yards or 10 yards. We did shoot a few rounds at 25 yards. We were particularly interested in which gun could be drawn and fired accurately at 7-10 yards the fastest. After all, speed and accuracy is primary to winning a gun fight.
The Boberg (same as Bond Arms Bullpup) was considerably faster than the Springfield Armory Hellcat which came in second. The Sig 365 came in 3d, with the Glock coming in 4th, the Detonics coming in 5th, and the Shield 6th.
So, why are more experts not lining up for the Bond Arms Bullpup?