• nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Fuck I bet those things are brutal to fire indoors or even near a wall, those muzzle devices look like they're not doing much to mitigate the blast

    • Tervell [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      The barrel's apparently supposed to be around 14.5 inches, so it really shouldn't be much worse than like an M4. It just looks really short since it's a bullpup.

      The muzzle devices are I assume similar in design to the AKS-74U muzzle booster, which seems to be decently effective (of course, since the 74U is so short, even the reduced muzzle blast is still excessive, but this QBZ has an extra 6.4 inches of barrel, which should help a lot)

      • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        It's a bullpup, it's definitely shorter overall with the muzzle closer to the shooter - looks like the pistol grip is about halfway down the barrel, whereas on an M4 the barrel begins well forward of the grip. M4-length barrels underneath a covered shooting bench are raucous and make everybody else on the shooting line stop what they're doing and crane their necks out to see who's shooting the asshole cannon (it's me)

        • Tervell [he/him]
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          2 months ago

          Sure, but my point was just that this shouldn't really be any worse than the vast majority of modern assault rifles, which have similar barrel lengths (in fact, the new QBZ-191 rifle that's replacing the 95 has exactly a 14.5″ barrel in its standard configuration). If you're shooting with the muzzle close to a wall (or a bench as in your example) it's not going to be nice, but you'll have the same problem with most other modern rifles.