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Originally Posted by ttarp
I can sort of understand being worried about the action right under your face on a bullpup conversion stock, because the rifle wasn't designed that way. But more people have died from E-Cigarrettes exploding in their face than military style bullpups. Even the thought that a firearms company like Steyr or IWI wouldn't test such a rifle and design it to be safe for the shooter in the event of a catastrophic failure is absurd(if you do know of some serious injuries due to bullpups, please link them, I've never run across any).
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I wouldn't label as absurd anxiety about a mechanical failure. Even where a design is sound, mechanical failure can arise. I know a fellow from the legion who nearly lost his hand firing a surplus Garand
with blanks because a part was worn.
As extraordinary as the forces in a firearm are, failure of the mechanism itself is likely a rarer danger than my misuse of the firearm, especially in one that is a bit foreign to me.