22" Bullpup

[NHAtHeart]

If you could get a 22" AR-15 style bullpup would you?

I have an idea on a folding stock AR-15 styled bullpup, it would be over 26" extended but around 22" collapsed. My idea appears to be legal as a standard rifle and would use mostly AR-15 parts with some modifications, possibly a kit.

 

[dnepro-mike]

i would be interested to see your idea. 22 is pretty short. can it be fired collapsed?

 

[AngelKing]

I like bullpups in general, so yeah!

 

[Tallen]

I would not be interested in a non-ambidextrous bullpup. I can get by with right-handed AR's and actually prefer right-handed bolt actions, but no thanks on the brass going into my face. Cheers to Kel-Tec and FN for meeting my needs!

 

[jkelly1229]

I don't like the mag behind me personally but I am curious as to how you plan to do this with ar parts are you just turning the resource around? Kidding but seriously how do you plan to put a collapsible stock on it I thought the reason they were semi fixed was because of the mag well. Also if you were using an upper where would your ejection port go

 

[Yota79]

Have you looked at a Walther G22? * Ahh 22" not 22 cal. Its the thought that counts.

 

[ChevyGuy91]

I like innovation.

 

[warwickben]

22" Bullpup

It's basically Mix between a ar and ar180.

There's a few bullpup stocks for 22 ar uppers if you look around 3d printing sites . A friend in Texas built one . It's 26.25 inches long with a 16" barrel . If it's under 26" even with a 16" barrel it's a sbr. The only problem with a ar upper is the flat top rail is where you want to put a cheek weld.

I've taken a ar bolt and chopped it down and made a custom upper for my magpul PDR clone I've been working on. You just run dual springs along the length of the carrier channel
A few company's have done the same thing for ar uppers . some raise the rail up and put the spring above the bolt or in side the handguard . Using a extended carrier gas key with a spring around it .

Pistol cals are harder since bolt weight matters for straight blow back . So the trick is having a bolt with enough weight but not too big or long.
Gas op guns bolt weight don't mean much , if you use adjustable gas block .
My custom 45 upper doesn't use the buffer system and I can toss a folding stock on it.

The PDR clone is on hold since I'm working on a special project with my friend. But I'll get back to it. Ar's started to bore me and after making the uppers for 5.56 and 45 I put it on the back page since I was bored with it .

 

[nordic alien]

just buy a tavor; 26"legal

 

[NHAtHeart]

I don't like the mag behind me personally but I am curious as to how you plan to do this with ar parts are you just turning the resource around? Kidding but seriously how do you plan to put a collapsible stock on it I thought the reason they were semi fixed was because of the mag well. Also if you were using an upper where would your ejection port go

Warwickben had posted some similar information, running the springs in a different location and shortening the bolt. Ejection port would be standard, magwell would stay put, trigger and vertical grip would move forward. Instead of having a collapsible stock it would have a folder with a secondary shoulder stock against where the buffer tube mount currently exists. Extended it would be over 26", collapsed it would be at about 22".

 

[Christian]

just buy a tavor; 26"legal

Being a lefty it's what I'd like to eventually get.

 

[warwickben]

Warwickben had posted some similar information, running the springs in a different location and shortening the bolt. Ejection port would be standard, magwell would stay put, trigger and vertical grip would move forward. Instead of having a collapsible stock it would have a folder with a secondary shoulder stock against where the buffer tube mount currently exists. Extended it would be over 26", collapsed it would be at about 22".

You don't even need to mod the bolt . you could just run a pdw style stock . There's one that works with stock bcg so you can swap any caliber uppers on .
But your still stuck with making a new lower and make a cheek rest .
Really though with all the effort you could just buy a ar180b bolt setup . Use any ar15 barrel and make a sa80 clone.