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Wait, I know I'm late to the party, but is that a bullpup sniper rifle?
Why.
I can't see how a sniper rifle benefits from any of the positives of a bull-pup save for maybe the shorter profile being easier to store. Something a folding stalk would do just as well.
Why?
Not at all familiar with the gun. Please tell me it's a regular rifle intented for a designated marksmen and not a real sniper rifle. I see the optic which pushes me in that direction
The SA80 is one of the early examples of the push to give everyone an optic.
While the SA80 is a service rifle, there is a prominent bull pup sniper. In the early 80s, Walther made the WA2000. It was intended for urban counterterror operations, so it focused on portability and quick setup.
they only made 176 WA2000s and no military wanted them
e:no shade btw, that gun is super interesting
That wood furnishing was just too sexy for the military
The Green Meanie? No, the magazine is in front of the trigger.
No, the SA80. I'm very familiar with the beautiful L96A1.
Looks like I was wrong though and the SA80 is supposed to be a service rifle. Look man, I'm tired, allow me some stupidity
I mean, the shorter profile with the full barrel gives you the mostest boolet speed in a compact package, best used for urban combat where there's a lot of walls and cover interfering with a full-size rifle.
There are bullpup snipers, tho - DesertTech makes a couple and Barrett has the model 99 (more an anti-materiel rifle).