Is a bullpup an AR variant?

[LeeJ]

Like the title asks, is something like a Tavor, Kel Tec RDB or Jard considered an "AR variant"?

Sorry.....edited this...was thinking AR but originally typed AK. That's what happens when you read an article about one thing and then type a question about something else.

 

[Jays7]

No it's not...

 

[CobraGT]

No. Unless a particular bullpup clearly shows a significant AK lineage.

 

[Komodo]

If they were variants you would not be allowed to buy them they would be prohibited . Exception is the Valmet

 

[Juster]

Yes if it is an AK variant. No if it isn't.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/03/30/potd-exotic-bullpup-ak/

 

[tharkhold]

^ faak me that's uuuugly

 

[lmar]

Yes if it is an AK variant. No if it isn't.

As much as I'm not into artsy guns ... I have to admit that there was some serious thinking that went into the foreend/grip area.
I am confused as the first time I saw it I was thinking WTF and "Nice" at the same time.

L

 

[Northern Shooter]

No relation to AK's.

 

[NeonGreen]

im curious where you would even get the idea they might be? not being a #### i am legit interested how that one came up for you

 

[BattleRife]

I will be less polite than NeonGreen and ask, WTF are you smoking to make you ask this question? An AK is not a bullpup, the bullpups you list are unrelated to the AK. How could they possibly be conflated as "variants"?

 

[limit time]

Like the title asks, is something like a Tavor, Kel Tec RDB or Jard considered an "AK variant"?

4 posts... troll ...

 

[Suther]

I will be less polite than NeonGreen and ask, WTF are you smoking to make you ask this question? An AK is not a bullpup, the bullpups you list are unrelated to the AK. How could they possibly be conflated as "variants"?

How could a blowback 22lr be a variant and prohib if it's wearing AK-like furniture but NR in its black plastic stock?

These are all the same guns internally, the only differences are cosmetic. Some are NR, others Prohib. (mossberg blaze rifles)

 

[Fuzzy Wool Hat]

to answer your corrected question, no. None of those are functionally or cosmetically similar to an AR. That doesnt mean they wont show up on the next list...