When applied to firearms, bullpup configurations offer the power and accuracy of normal arms, but with a smaller form. This is because the action is set behind the trigger, allowing for a longer barrel or smaller form. But how do bullpups apply to hobby-grade items like airsoft guns or dart blasters?

Starting with the easy one, airsoft. Bullpups have almost no benefits with this type of gun. The in the case of AEGs, the barrel length has minimal effect on power or accuracy. Gas powered airsoft guns also see minimal benefit from a bullpup configuration. There are plenty off bullpup options and conversions in airsoft, but they have minimal benefit outside of style.

Dart blasters seemingly have nothing to gain from a bullpup setup. Added barrel length generally hurts velocity, and barrels provide no benefit to accuracy. So converting a blaster to a configuration with a long barrel even at minimum is a terrible idea. At least it would seem that way.

Bullpup dart blasters actually accept two-stage flywheel cage conversions particularly well. The added barrel length makes it easy to fit in multiple flywheel cages into one blaster. A bullpup configuration would allow the user to pack a lot of power into a relatively small package.

The big disadvantage with a bullpup dart blaster is the sheer rarity of them. There is only one bullpup conversion kit available for the Stryfe. Other than that, bullpup blasters have to be hand built. This can get very time consuming, as well as very heavy on the materials consumed. Most bullpup builds I have seen use up no less than three separate blasters just to make one. Bullpup conversions just aren’t practical for this reason.

When applied to hobby-grade arms, bullpups just don’t hold up. They offer few benefits outside of style, and in some cases are far less accessible. As far as bullpup conversions go, they’re better left to the real steel.

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