Bullpup it is
Via an old post on Bootleg Guns comes this peculiar 7.35x51mm Italian M91/38 Carcano rifle at the Athens War Museum
Of course, it does not look like your typical Carcano, as it was captured by the Greek resistance in WWII from Axis forces with a busted stock. Not content with refurbishing damaged rifle they took the much more difficult and interesting step to turn it into a bolt-action bullpup, as one does.
I’ve seen the M1 Garand Bullpup! It looks “Outworldly”. I even own a .30-06 Bullpup BAR II, the Waffen-Gregor BAR II Bullpup. Approximately 31-inches long, and still retains a 22-inch Barrel. And with the same shooting range of that of the M1 Garand…
How does this thing fire I don’t see a trigger anywhere? There doesn’t seem to be a trigger behind that white trigger guard in the middle.
Trigger action was probably like that of a Zip Gun by pulling back barrel assembly with sufficient force for fixed pin in rear of bolt to detonate the primer cap at base of bullet…