Finally had a chance to fire my first bullpup design yesterday, it was a French FA-MAS and I'm of mixed feelings.
I had issues with the sight picture, especially with the iron sights, when the owner clipped on a optical sight, greatly improved! I also had some issues with reloading, especially in rapid changes, I almost always had to remove the weapon from my shoulder to remove and replace the mag. But I feel that this could be overcome with training.
Overall, the ergonomics seemed adequate, it was certainly easy to point and shot at close range targets, I had problems with engaging targets beyond 300 meters, unless I used the optic sight. Changing mags took some getting used to and never approached the speed that I can get with my AR-15, but this would be overcome with more practise.
One thing that I noticed when holding a cheek weld was that it seemed noticeably warmer, especially after burning through five magazines, anyone else noticed this?
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