JeeperCreeper
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So I've heard about this gun, but not very interested. Regardless, I checked out the video. The gun itself looks really cool, but there is an issue that I have not seen being brought up in my 12 minutes of drunken research.
HERE'S THE ISSUE I SEE WITH THIS BOOMSTICK:
The MDR is a bullpup that ejects the rounds at a forward angle from the partially covered ejection port. The ejection port cover is also removable which allows the chamber to be wide open if need be. One of the HUGEEEEEEEE safety issues I see is that it is nearly impossible to VISUALLY inspect the chamber to see if it is loaded or not. On top of that, watching the operation, if the ejection cover is on, it seems the rifle keeps the spent casing in the rifle until the bolt is dropped. So if the bolt is locked back, and you eject a mag, you still have a casing hanging out in there somewhere.
Now, I haven't handled this rifle, only watched a video on it (Military Arms Channel), but wanted to see if anyone else picked up on that?
I can possibly foresee some issues with negligent discharge with this rifle. Yeah, the engineering is cool, but people may be ignoring the big safety issues because they are too excited that this new rifle came out.
HERE'S THE ISSUE I SEE WITH THIS BOOMSTICK:
The MDR is a bullpup that ejects the rounds at a forward angle from the partially covered ejection port. The ejection port cover is also removable which allows the chamber to be wide open if need be. One of the HUGEEEEEEEE safety issues I see is that it is nearly impossible to VISUALLY inspect the chamber to see if it is loaded or not. On top of that, watching the operation, if the ejection cover is on, it seems the rifle keeps the spent casing in the rifle until the bolt is dropped. So if the bolt is locked back, and you eject a mag, you still have a casing hanging out in there somewhere.
Now, I haven't handled this rifle, only watched a video on it (Military Arms Channel), but wanted to see if anyone else picked up on that?
I can possibly foresee some issues with negligent discharge with this rifle. Yeah, the engineering is cool, but people may be ignoring the big safety issues because they are too excited that this new rifle came out.