In the thread about dream guns several of us want a Bullpup Shotgun. (Thats where the action is in the buttstock for those of you who aren't familiar with the concept).
The negatives of a bullpup rifle are the ejection being difficult for lefties and having all that gas in your face. But with a pump shotgun this isn't a problem at all. On a semi, if the gun is tube fed, the tube can be on top of the barrel and eject downward, or it can be under the barrel and eject downward like the BPS or Ithica, and still no gas or ejection problems.
The guns could be shorter, lighter, and still have very controllable recoil because of the straight line of the stock.
My question is why doesn't anybody make one of these here in the states? As somebody said in the other thread, purpose built, not jury-rigged with wires and junk. I bet that Remington, Winchester, or Mossberg could build one of these and sell it for under $500. I bet they would sell like hotcakes.
The older bullpups out there suffered from some design problems, the Mossberg took three hands to operate and pointed like a fence post.
So why doesn't somebody build one of these? Any guesses, opinions?
The negatives of a bullpup rifle are the ejection being difficult for lefties and having all that gas in your face. But with a pump shotgun this isn't a problem at all. On a semi, if the gun is tube fed, the tube can be on top of the barrel and eject downward, or it can be under the barrel and eject downward like the BPS or Ithica, and still no gas or ejection problems.
The guns could be shorter, lighter, and still have very controllable recoil because of the straight line of the stock.
My question is why doesn't anybody make one of these here in the states? As somebody said in the other thread, purpose built, not jury-rigged with wires and junk. I bet that Remington, Winchester, or Mossberg could build one of these and sell it for under $500. I bet they would sell like hotcakes.
The older bullpups out there suffered from some design problems, the Mossberg took three hands to operate and pointed like a fence post.
So why doesn't somebody build one of these? Any guesses, opinions?