Official MM Firearms Thread

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What's the benefit of an SBR versus like a bullpup?

I know Rex hates bullpups but like why would I wait 12 months when I could buy a Tavor tomorrow?  Not a snarky question I'm just legitimately curious

As you noted, I think a lot of it comes down to personal preference.  Being such a different form-factor, bullpups by nature work for some and not for others, either through annoyances with the controls or possibly actual physical limitations of the user.  I personally thirst for a Steyr AUG (because, I'll be honest, Die Hard) but they have their issues, both in design (ex. charging handle and trigger grievances) and in operation by, for example, left-handed shooters (which I am not) who can and will get hit in the face with spent brass.

Shortening the AR-platform leads to familiarity of controls and operation (since I'd wager almost all AR-SBR owners have and started with a full-length AR) so you can pick it up and go/be reasonably well practiced (one would hope) from the start, they're easy to service with most parts being shared with their longer brethren, and the aftermarket is of course massive.  They're just a known-good easy button route to a shorter rifle, if you can stand the wait - and buy or build a quality one with deference given to proper ballistics and so on.  And, the 12 months I quoted is what I went through, but it's been (much) shorter in the past, and hopefully will again be shorter in the future.