Another straight pull, but this one.... different

[mark-hunter]

Walther came out with RS 3.
Franz Albrecht is the face of marketing campaign.

Straight pull, bullpup, 3 medium calibers, carbon barrel, proprietary muzzle brake and proprietary silencer. 6 round mags. Barrels non exchangeable.
Buffalo calibers are not (yet) available.

For me? I dont know.
I still need the time to digest this concept and to decide whether I like it or not.

RS3 Heritage Sevenstar (2877406_001) | Carl Walther Sport Weapons

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[Rifleman97]

Looks like it might be a good hog gun, but I wouldn’t wanna carry something looking like that in Africa. Very European design with that scope mount being really accommodating for their 56mm objectives the Europeans love so much

 

[Sideshow]

What’s that green tag on the pistol grip

 

[ftothfadd]

It is a different looking rifle, but certainly have some advantages when it comes to compact performance. It is my understanding that creating a quality triggerpulll is usually the issue with the bullpup design, but the video suggests they have solved that issue. Regardless, it is not after my taste, yet.

 

[mark-hunter]

What’s that green tag on the pistol grip

Safety.

 

[BeeMaa]

Video here...

 

[BeeMaa]

What’s that green tag on the pistol grip

@mark-hunter is right, it's a safety but technically a cocking device like Blaser and other European gun makers use.

 

[BeeMaa]

And it looks like our left-handed compadres will need a completely new rifle for this brand. Unlike the Blaser design that allows changing of the bolt head and bolt assembly on their synthetic models.

But they were able to keep it relatively light at 3.8 Kg (8.3 lbs) and short at 104 cm (41") for already having a suppressor if that's what you are into.

 

[AZDAVE]

Bull pup designs are a interesting study in rifles. It would be a nice driven game or stand/hide kinda gun. Just not sure the physical characteristics would make it a good stalking rifle. But not having handled one that is just a guess.

 

[Green Chile]

The cocking device is only needed for the first shot and the hand can be away from it for subsequent shots, as the Prince demonstrated on the video. I have heard him say that he is interested in improving optic and gun designs. I know he really values a good trigger pull and bullpup designs are notoriously bad in that regard. I'm not a bullpup fan but you can see it improving in this example.

 

[Muskox]

I am going to go and handle one. It's crazy heavy like 8.5 pounds without a scope.