Um, no. Too rube goldberg.

coruja wrote:

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Disclaimer: I designed the Pak-Rifle. How do you see it as a Rube Goldberg? And more over, how can it be minimalist, which it is, and Goldberg-esque? Not trying to cause trouble, just looking for insight into peoples perspectives.

1: The rear sight appears too easily bumped/moved. Not having one in hand, I'm having to go with the displayed pics. A curved pair of 'wings' such as the Smith 439 series used would be easy enough to add to prevent this with minimal weight increase. And use the existing scope mount screw holes.
2: No covered trigger. I understand that's to keep the weight down but it's one of the things that Springfield Armory had to
go and redesign on the M-6 because of liability.
3: Reshape (soften and knurl) the ejector for ease of use and less thumb scraping. Get rid of the sharp corners.
4: The action springs are visible, therefore susceptible to grit, crud and garbage. A sleeve or tab of nylon would suffice ala the Rem 7400 series. Anything to keep the action working in an emergency.
5: The buttplate isn't aggressive enough in texture.
6: The round grip surface would be better in an oval shape, however some deep knurling would suffice to add grip surface.
7: The bolt appears to block some of the view of/across the top of the weapon. In this instance where you are going to get only one shot, it only makes sense to make the sights as visible and easy to use/get to as possible.
8: Some sort of matte finish on the 'white' parts to keep reflections down.
9: Strictly from an esthetics point, match the angles of the grip, receiver front and barrel support. The angle being different catches the eye and makes one really look to see what is 'wrong'.

I tend to use the "goldberg" reference quite incorrectly for ideas that could be very good but fall short for some reason.
Having worked as a gunsmith and machinist I tend to be critical of various things.
As an end user, I tend to be even more critical, I've had to use 'survival' weapons before and go with what works despite hard knocks and abuse. Of most of the 'residents' here, I might be the most and perhaps overly critical of weapons design.