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To: camle
camle wrote: "bet it kicks like a mule."

More than likely not. Recoil is mostly based on the length of the barrel. Since the barrel on this one is about 10 inches, recoil will be light. It also looks like a gas operated receiver. Muzzle flash and target acquisition may be a real set back though. Much of the powder will finish burning outside the barrel and obscure the target.

65 posted on 01/14/2011 11:49:41 AM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP ( Give me Liberty, or give me an M-24A2! (Cause I'm a nutcase....))
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

At night, target acquisition after the first shot could be a real bugger if the muzzle flash is as extreme as you suggest.


71 posted on 01/14/2011 12:18:56 PM PST by B4Ranch (Do NOT remain seated until this ride comes to a full and complete stop! We're going the wrong way!)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
" Recoil is mostly based on the length of the barrel. "

That's the first time I've ever heard that.

I always thought recoil was a function of the energy in the cartridge and the mass of the weapon firing it.

72 posted on 01/14/2011 12:50:34 PM PST by OKSooner (Obama confessed "his muslim faith" on the George Stephanopolous show on September 7th, 2008.)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

That is an 18” barrel on that bullpup.


75 posted on 01/14/2011 1:40:07 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
Muzzle flash and target acquisition may be a real set back though. Much of the powder will finish burning outside the barrel and obscure the target.

You've got to remember that this is a bullpup design. The trigger and pistol grip are moved forward relative to the breech end of the barrel. The chamber in a bullpup design is right under the shooter's ear when holding the weapon in firing position - the barrel isn't really shorter, just partly sunken into the buttstock.

The shooter will experience more muzzle blast, though.

76 posted on 01/14/2011 1:40:37 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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