MatthewVanitas
Member
Greetings. At a recent Austin gunshow, I ran across a fella with a bullpup AK, asking $700 ("but I can do you a little better"). For that price, I assume it wasn't an actual 86S, KVAR perhaps?
I was vaguely interested, but I'm about to spend $700-some to get the AR-15 I really want, so couldn't justify spending it on a novelty of unknown condition/origin.
Have either of the Arsenal AK makers, VEPR, etc. ever put out or toyed with the bullpup format? The AK bullpup is a pretty darn cool piece of gear, and seemed a lot less thrown-together than the Bushmaster M17. Plus the parts compatibility with the standard AK market would seem pretty high.
Or does the fact that even the BM M17 went toes-up indicate that the average American gunbuyer doesn't give a flying Philadelphia handshake for bullpups, thus no manufacturer will make them?
Perhaps the new FN spacegun can change opinions....
Thanks for any info,
-MV
I was vaguely interested, but I'm about to spend $700-some to get the AR-15 I really want, so couldn't justify spending it on a novelty of unknown condition/origin.
Have either of the Arsenal AK makers, VEPR, etc. ever put out or toyed with the bullpup format? The AK bullpup is a pretty darn cool piece of gear, and seemed a lot less thrown-together than the Bushmaster M17. Plus the parts compatibility with the standard AK market would seem pretty high.
Or does the fact that even the BM M17 went toes-up indicate that the average American gunbuyer doesn't give a flying Philadelphia handshake for bullpups, thus no manufacturer will make them?
Perhaps the new FN spacegun can change opinions....
Thanks for any info,
-MV