which sidelever should i choose for a bullpup project?

[chieffool]

Not what i was expecting. Somehow I've always thought a bullpup springer was most likely to be made from a sidelever donor.
And here gentleman, with just the sort of 'look' i was searching for, is a Break Barrel:

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/yell...042538bf5af11b

But what is it? I mean the donor rifle?
I think the handgrip is mounted onto a tube assembly that carries (and hides) the linkage straight back to where the original trigger sits. Actually...
...the more i look at this the 'simpler' this approach seems to become. Genius.

Tinny, have you seen this before? I'm sure i've seen this in a post on the forum with you as part of it?

[T 20]

But what is it? I mean the donor rifle?

The answer's in the link you gave --- it's based on an R1 which is a HW80.

[chieffool]

The answer's in the link you gave --- it's based on an R1 which is a HW80.

I actually didn't know the 'R1' was a term for the HW80. R1 to me (from my background) equates to FN/FAL from South Africa.

Really like this concept. And i'm assuming HW80 (never shot one yet as mostly Air Arms so far) means nice donor, and smooth and easy to cock in shortened bullpup form?

[chieffool]

so, if i'm considering an HW 'break barrel' as the route to go,
which should it be: 35 or 80 (or something else)?

[T 20]

Tinny, have you seen this before? I'm sure i've seen this in a post on the forum with you as part of it?

Ah, you could be thinking of TonyL's Keystock Predator bullpup which is based on a HW80.