[Poodle]

Just got my Type 97A bullpup rifle (approximately 20 inch barrel).

It is about the same lenght as the M4 but this has a full length barrel thanks to the bullpup config.



Came with 5 mags (yahoo). Just tested it in the armscor range using iron sights.



Was a little difficult at first. Trigger is a little mushy and heavy. The rear sight has four settings: 0 for less than 100 meters, 1 for 100 meters, 3 for 300 meters and 5 for 500 meters (for the full size rifle. It is different for the shorty).



Very little felt recoil even in three burst mode due to the recoil buffer.

The Type 97 was very reliable. No failures. It has a fire selector switch with three settings: semi, full auto and three burst.

It uses the cylinder and piston system for cocking the bolt and this I think makes it very reliable.

The cylinder-piston operation has three settings: 1 for normal use, 2 if there is a lot of fouling, and 0 for grenade launcher use (also for sniping - it becomes like a bolt action rifle).

I want to install optics but I need a dovetail to picatinny mount.





Disassembly is fairly easy.



All in all, it's a cheap but effective rifle.

[Eye Cutter]

how much father p? lalaro na ba natin yan sa hpr matches?

sama ka sa amin nila 9mx swat range sa taytay para masubukan!

btw, meron pistol and mini-rifle clubshoot ang rizal shooters sa hilltop rtange this july 28

[LexaDoig]

very nice! was thinking of getting that. got it from federal?

any thoughts on kabooms on a bullpup? you know, close to the face hehehehe. or are my fears unfounded???

[Poodle]

Originally Posted by LexaDoig

very nice! was thinking of getting that. got it from federal?

any thoughts on kabooms on a bullpup? you know, close to the face hehehehe. or are my fears unfounded???

Well, I will try to avoid using reloaded ammo. Haven't heard of kabooms in a bullpup though. It does seem more dangerous being close to the face. My friend who was a lefty said he felt the blast from escaping gas through the ejection port, but it was all gas.

Got it from federal.

[mtho]

pb has a nice set of rings made by cz it for dovetail. 30mm.

[goodtj]

i had a walther g22 bullpup 22lr rifle
it fired out of battery on me
its ejection port was right below my eye
if i didn't have safety glasses on i would be missing an eye right now

[Poodle]

Originally Posted by goodtj

i had a walther g22 bullpup 22lr rifle
it fired out of battery on me
its ejection port was right below my eye
if i didn't have safety glasses on i would be missing an eye right now

KBs occur, it's true. I've had numerous KBs with .22 LRs (if we can call it KB). I was shooting the P22, the Marlin 795 and the remington 597 then. I've had KBs with the P22 and the 597 (at least 8 for both firearms). It probably has something to do with the fact that they are rim fired and the primer is in the rim of the cartridge base. In those cases, the KBs occured when the FA fired out of battery but in two occasions (in the case of the P22), I don't think that the FA fired out of battery. As of now, I haven't had any KBs with the 9mm, .40 cal, .380 cal and .45 cal even though I use reloaded ammo (thank God). I'll stick with 5.56 mm factory for the time being, just to be on the safe side.

[mtho]

keep your used brass it might be handly later on