Have you tried the lop with a chest rig of any sort?
And like I said, I ran 800 or so rounds snappish through that rifle on 10 mags in one session, not a single issue. no part of the handguard melted, no poi shift. I have empirical data to back that up, if the handguard didn't hold up or shifted poi it wouldn't be on there. That doesn't mean it is better than a nea handguard nor did I ever claim it was. It is good enough... for now. evenutally I would like this setup or at least a part of this setup.
As for that reload why don't you at least shoot the thing before reloading? Show us the malfunction drills? And don't just do slick reloads, lets see it with some gear on, along with prone reloads. Oh wait I forgot, you lot only think in square range mentality.
And you would be incorrect, the cz can be adapted to accept the 7.62x39 lar 10 round mags.
My rifle is set up the way it is setup because it works just fine for me, if it needs to be altered it will be altered till I have the desired level of performance. I have tried it with nothing but street clothes on to wearing full gear. Either way still works. Incidentally where is someone supposed to mount a sling on that type 97?
And define won't be that bad? What is the bore offset with the m14ftu?
And for my 2 cents worth, I think a sks would make a great addition to a campfire when I run out of firewood, past that I have not much use for it.
Since you seem to struggle to understand my engrish let me make it simple on why I dislike the type 97
-Finnicky on what mags it works with, with no consistancy, some hate gi some lar, etc
-Ridiculous bore offset
-No optics mounting ability out of the box, none to the western world anyways, weird you would think a modern rifle would have that
-On-off reliability problems
-Horrible ergonomics
-Crap trigger(in fairness almost all bullpups have bad triggers in them)
-Piss poor finishing quality
-Showing premature wear
-Some examples showing blatant manufacturing defects, and the manufacturer has done what to fix them? NOTHING
-Horrible factory sights
-Has trouble cycling action if gun is tilted off the side<- at least in some cases
-Fixed lop
-Cannot be shot from the left side
-Flash hider is pinned on, so it cannot be changed to a better unit.
-Firing pin cannot be dissasembled so if your firing pin breaks you need a new bolt altogether.
-Norinco doing nothing about the "teething" problems that tons of these guns are having
-having to make your own feed ramps(seriously? You pay 1k for a rifle then have to do more work to make it run?)
-Horrible for type 2 or worse malfunctions
Now let me point out the downsides of the cz just as a comparison
-Near impossible to mount magnified optics
-Doesn't come with an adjustable stock out of the box
-The factory handguard is not vented.
-Uses inferior(imo) rock and lock system
-No tritium night sight front post
Let's go over what I think the type 97 has going for it.
-Full length barrel in a compact package
-Good balance
In short the two advantages of a bullpup, nothing in particular to the rifles history
Let's go over the advantages of the cz
-Not picky on mags
-Lower bore offset
-Smaller shadow on light
-Proven to be reliable over the last 50+ years
-Extremely simple takedown
-Many parts to accessorize with as required by user.
-If standard stock LOP is not to users size, can be switched to m4 stock, or other adjustables.
-Open top receiver makes it easy to clear malfunctions.
Yes of course it's just biased bs from me right? WRONG. You like your ginger beef gun because it rooks rike the one jackie chan used in whatever movie you watched good for you. But don't pretend it is a good rifle. Because very simply put it isn't.
And no in a free country I would not have either I would have a HK416 and never look back. So by all means call me the cz fanboy all you want. Facts don't lie. One of them is the objectively superior rifle. The end.
Bore offset wont be that bad with the FTU, really not a huge deal if you just zero your optic. Not a problem for the average gun owner.
