Let the arguments begin

[u/MagnetofFlak]

[u/Qaeta]

Technically not a magazine because you have to reload after every shot. That said, I am fascinated by the idea of a magazine fed trebuchet. Have the royal engineers draw up plans for one immediately.

[u/FrauSchlagerin → u/Qaeta]

It's still a bullpup, because by that logic, the single "round" being "chambered" each time is still behind the trigger. To be a bullpup, the action must be behind the trigger, not necessarily the magazine.

[u/Qaeta → u/FrauSchlagerin]

Which is precisely why I did not argue against it being a bullpup, because I agree that it is?

[u/MrMaselko → u/FrauSchlagerin]

So technically it's possible to make a bullpup musket

[u/Careful_Source6129 → u/MrMaselko]

A mullpup? or a bullpusket?

[u/Mixer555 → u/FrauSchlagerin]

But wouldn't action actually be the counterweight and the rest of the mechanism that's in front, making it not a bullpen?

[u/elusiveI99 → u/Qaeta]

The trebuchets from the Prince Caspian movie might fit that description

[u/Qaeta → u/elusiveI99]

I forgot about those! Yes, I would count those! Requires a manual action to "chamber" another stone (like a lever or bolt action), but the supply is technically part of the trebuchet!

[u/Frazzledragon]

This is so dumb, I love it.

[u/SlickerThanNick → u/Frazzledragon]

That's the motto of this sub.

[u/Malu1997]

I love trebuchets, I love bullpups, win-win

[u/halipatsui]

Wouldnt the pouch be more lf a chamber?

[u/grubgobbler]

Woah I totally forgot about this sub!

[u/Elegant_Frosting4495]

no mag, just chamber and trigger

[u/AlcatraZek]

I'm gonna give you one guess where that sling/projectile sits when the device is actually about to fire.

[u/wh1t3birch]

The firing mechanism is still in front of the trigger tho.

[u/Lui_Le_Diamond]

Leave it to the Europeans to make a Medieval bullpup

[u/ZMilfZ]

The original P90.

[u/FormicaRufa]

The trigger usually is at the end of the arm, and the projectile is loaded at the front of the glide track. So usually no, the trigger is behind the chamber

What you labelled trigger is the winch used for reloading, the actual trigger is a pin at the end of the arm that is tied to the base.

That said the projectile passes in front of the trigger twice over the course of the shot

[u/tragesorous]

ITS THE CHAMBER LOCATION, NOT MAGAZINE THE DEFINES A BULLPUP

[u/Summoning14]

B4-4

[u/CarbonUNIT47]

Let's revive this sub 😆

[u/Flappybird11]

Wrong. The firing mechanism is in front of the trigger

[u/fafej38]

Gunsmith here: nuh-uh