kuduae,

From my post above where I replied to my friend Tinker:

Quote [There are both Italian and Austrian bullpup rifle single shot designs that are extremely compact . . .]

I am aware of other bullpup designs being around. I do not, as an etiquette, bring OT stuff about comparative products onto a post about a specific designer / gunmaker's work.

Since you talked about the Merkel Helix, I did post here about a close friend's bad experience with one of the first Helix rifles sold in the USA - he returned it to Merkel in a week after buying it. Believe it or not, we do get to shoot guns over here - and there's more than a few of us who buy stuff that we do use.

What you choose to spend your money on is your privilege. Just FYI, there are clients who pay 300,000 euros for the privilege of buying some of the top of the line double rifles that Marco Rigido builds and sells. I am sure that they have their ideas about what they want to spend their money on. And nothing that you tell them is going to make a difference to their buying decision.