I had the opportunity to speak to Evan Murdoch of Murdoch & Co. at this year’s SHOT Show 2026. Murdoch & Co. have launched one of the most ambitious firearms manufacturing projects I’ve seen in a long time – recreating the British SA80 bullpup as closely as possible.
Speaking to Evan, I had the opportunity to ask him why he took on this enormous engineering undertaking, how the company approached the task and he ran us through the various clones of the A1, A2 and A3 that Murdoch & Co. have developed and showed us one of the guns stripped down.
Having handled the guns, albeit relatively briefly, at SHOT 2026 I was impressed by how authentic they appeared and felt. It’s an impressive feat to resurrect a rifle that has been out of production for 40 years.
Check out Murdoch & Co.’s website for more information.
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Literally the first question of the vid. Enjoy.
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