Springfield Armory "Hellion" bullpup (Croatian VHS-2)

[Dawes]

Looks like American bullpup fanciers will have another option:

https://www.springfield-armory.com/hellion-series/hellion-rifles/

[bojan]

Pretty good rifle, but it is a bullpup. So other than collectors of exotics market just isn't there.

Length of pull is pretty bad, but again, that is a consequence of being bullpup.

Edited January 14, 2022 by bojan

[shep854]

Interesting.  I'm kicking around getting a bullpup; the Kel-Tec RDB and Tavor are what I've been looking at, but this sounds interesting, aside from the cheesy name (why, oh WHY?).

I want to see how much flexibility the adjustable stock gives.  At 6'1" (185cm) though, bullpup lengths of pull are not inconvenient to me.

Edited January 14, 2022 by shep854

[shep854]

Ian holds forth.

At a match:

 

Edited January 14, 2022 by shep854

[Dawes]

They should have called it the "Zagreb" or something similar.

[shep854]

26 minutes ago, Dawes said:

They should have called it the "Zagreb" or something similar.

Agreed.  Should I get one of these, I will look for a way to remove that billboard.

[Markus Becker]

5 hours ago, bojan said:

Pretty good rifle, but it is a bullpup. So other than collectors of exotics market just isn't there here.

FIFY: It's over there, in the US of A! 😆

[bojan]

I was talking about US. Limited production run - yeah, it will sell, as there is enough collectors of weird. Long term it is iffy.

[shep854]

I'm very interested.  Among other things, it would be less ungainly with a suppressor.

[Markus Becker]

1 hour ago, bojan said:

I was talking about US. Limited production run - yeah, it will sell, as there is enough collectors of weird. Long term it is iffy.

Long term it's out of production- and weirdness ness will make it even more collectible. 

[chino]

A lot of fiddly little bits for a service rifle.