Why bullpups?

[Tony Williams]

Outstanding article Tony.

Appreciate the emphasis on shorter action lengths. I have a SU-16 and a Mini-30, both have short actions that would result in bullpup LOPs close to 13" so it's easily done. Kel-Tec RFBs LOP is 14.25" IIRC and that's a 7.62 length action. Can't believe designers keep giving us these awkward bullpups with LOPs over 15".

Thanks for that. I agree with your final comment: surely anyone interested in the military rifle market would look carefully at the M4 - or the AKM for that matter - and ensure that their design could match its LOP, since that is obviously what is wanted.