https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steyr_AUG
LARPfag here. The StG77 is the only rifle I know, but I can't believe you can ask for more.
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Look through telescope
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Put center of crosshairs over target
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Pull trigger
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See target pop
Muzzle velocity is 970m/s -- no imagination or mental acrobatics required for targets closer than a hundred yards. Aim a palm or so higher for each extra hundred yards. The rifle is mostly made of plastic and absolutely no burden, not even on 30 ml walks. Careful cleaning is a requirement for automatic action, though, especially for and after using blinds.
How does that compare to U.S. army rifles? Or a Kalashnikov? A problem for guerilleros might be that all parts are machine-tooled, so you need special equipment for making spares.
The Marine Corps zeros it's rifles to about 300 yards. But clearly many engagements are closer than that. So, if you're trying to fine tune it for target shooting then there's either math involved or some Kentucky windage that you have to practice.
If it's about self defense then good news, zero it to 3hundo and aim center mass.
Steyr vs M16, having played with both give me the M16 owhll dehy. That Steyr is a maintenance hog (relatively) and the reload mechanism is awkward, even to people who train on them. But, I guess, if a M4gery is too long for you and you really want to pop armor indoors then I guess that's fine.
Nerd.
Thanks, nerd, for expanding my vocabulary, but I'm at odds with
I'd be curious to see other mechanisms, because it looked elegantly simple to me, but then again, never saw any other rifle. Apparently it was not obvious that my experience is limited to mandatory army service. (In Austria, so that's why StG77.)
That was outdoors in one of the harshest winters on record. Thanks again.
Also eye-opening: my focus was on sniping; forgot that typical use is self-defense.
I don't think any platform can match an AR in reloading speed aside from pistols. Plus it'll take some training to re-familiarize the average american with a bullpup reload.
Interesting, because wikipedia sez that it is easier to manoeuver (the mechanics checks out with me; didn't know there is any other way, though.)
The AR is not bullpup? The AUG/StG77 definitely is.
Shorter rifles are easier to maneuver- an 11.5" AR would handle similarly to an AUG coming out of a vehicle or inside buildings, but the short barrel leaves a lot of ballistic performance on the table. Bullpups do have a less ergonomic reload, though, with the magwell being by the operator's torso instead of naturally in the 'working space' directly in front of your, which is also where pistol reloads should occur.
AR is definitely not a bullpup, no.