The concept of a stockless – or “bullpup” – rifle has been around since the very dawn of the 20th Century. It was invented in the United Kingdom, the country with which it still is most closely associated. After World War II, the concept began [Read More…]
Just last Thursday, Laura Burgess Marketing announced the promotion of National Law Enforcement Sales Manager, Casey Flack, to the position of CEO for IWI US. “Since Casey joined IWI US in late 2013, he has been instrumental in creating and growing the law enforcement [Read More…]
Some guns just get way too much attention. In this list, we highlight 5 firearms that get unfairly placed on a pedestal for a multitude of reasons that we lay out for you to consider. You may disagree, and that’s just fine. Also the list is about overrated guns, not necessarily bad ones. [Read More…]
After much teasing, IWI debuted their new civilian specific X95 rifle at this year’s Shot Show in Las Vegas. While we’ve seen select-fire SBR NFA controlled samples in the past, this was the first time a consumer ready rifle has been seen. For the [Read More…]
(This is Part 2 of the TFB Rifle Weight Omnibus. You can read Part 1 here.) In October, I traveled out to see my co-writer Alex C. to collect data on the weights of different long guns and some of their components. Over that weekend, I weighed 58 rifles and submachine [Read More…]
Coming from Laura Burgess Marketing, IWI USA has pushed out an announcement about their newest product, a .300 Black Out SAR rifle, and a conversion kit for those with the 5.56x45mm version. The standalone rifle is going with an MSRP of $2,049, a couple hundred dollars [Read More…]
This is a sad story. During the last 3-Gun of the season, a team match, I was having a whale of a time blasting away with my Tavor. I dropped into prone to start ringing 200 yard gongs, and got a click with no bang. Cycle the gun manually, squeeze again, same result! I [Read More…]
Manticore has finally released two long awaited products for the Tavor rifle within the past week. The first one is their Gasketed Port Cover. This is a piece of metal that replaces the factory ejection port cover. The original cover is designed so that an end user can [Read More…]
A little over eight years ago I published a map of the world showing countries which had adopted the AR-15 either as a primary service rifle, or as a niche special forces weapon. Back then about half the world was using the AR-15. (Ironically this map was made just [Read More…]
Manticore Arms is coming out with a folding charging handle for the Tavor rifle in mid November. MSRP will be $75, and it has the option of being installed on either side of the Tavor, in addition to having both sides and thus making it truly ambidextrous. Manticore [Read More…]
Davidson’s Inc., a US based distributor of firearms, is selling an exclusive version of the Tavor rifle. This limited edition version of the Tavor SAR-B16 rifle has a digital woodland camo finish on the stock and a matte black finish on the barrel. It has the [Read More…]
While at Bullpup 2015, I got to spent some time at the Gear head Works booth with Paul Reavis, the founder and current owner. Gear Head Works and Manticore are probably the most prolific and dedicated Tavor accessory parts makers out there. Midwest dabbles in all sorts [Read More…]
Just to preface this light review, there have been tons and tons of full on, in depth reviews and video testing of the IWI X95, from Small Arms Review, Small Arms Defense Journal (same articles, one might be more accessible to readers), our own Edward O or TV Press [Read More…]
Israeli Manufacturer Fab Defense has done a number of Tavor accessories already, but this one certainly takes things in a new direction. Most common attempts to fit a bipod onto the Tavor happen around the handguard. Even the IDF’s integral bipod on the STAR is [Read More…]
The Firearm Blog recently received a chance at an exclusive interview with Sven Jonsson, founder and owner of Manticore Arms, based in St. Charles, Illinois. Sven founded Manticore on innovative parts for the Steyr AUG and MSAR rifle platforms and has continued into [Read More…]
Andrey sent us a photo of his nifty carbine pistol combo, a IWI Tavor and a FNX45 Tactical, in matching Flat Dark Earth colors. He wrote .. My futuristic looking FDE combo.Thought these two look great together. I refer to my Tavor as a space laser rifle to my non-gun [Read More…]
Taylor sent us photo of his IWI Tavor with a Meopta MeoTac 1-4×22 RD scope. He writes … I consider the picture of the Tavor under heavy rain at the 500 yd range to be a personal favorite. The gun is a Tavor Black 18″, with a Midwest Industries XL [Read More…]
The Chinese QBZ-95 bullpup has been in service for two decades and due to its sheer production, over 1.65 million so far, it will be the most prolific bullpup ever built. I did a detailed write-up on the QBZ-95 for Guns & Ammo SIP in 2006. Since then, that [Read More…]
Introduced in late 2014, the Hi-Lux Optics MicroMax B-Dot is a mini red-dot sight that’s in the same category as the popular Aimpoint Micro T-1. Since, I have previously reviewed their optics (CMR 1-4x review) for TFB, Hi-Lux Optics asked me for some design [Read More…]
Versia Military Design are the people who designed and developed the TAVOR. Tamir Porat interview. Tamir Porat, the Tavor Design Director shared these photos of their Tavor Prototype. Here is a picture of a competitor’s prototype. That company [Read More…]
IWI posted this on their website yesterday. It is a video from Academi about IWI and the Tavor. For a higher resolution version go to their Facebook Page.
The Galil rifle has become famous as the rugged but heavy Israeli Kalashnikov (by way of Finland). Less well known is the Galil’s competitor designed by Uziel Gal, who lent his name to the famous Uzi submachinegun he also designed. The Gal rifle was a [Read More…]
Outdoorhub posted up a video instructing the viewer how to properly pronounce the names of 10 popular firearms. Some of these are obvious and others are not. How is your pronunciation?
The IWI Tavor has taken the US market by storm ever since its debut a few years back, and Tavor shooters are always on the lookout for manufacturers introducing new gear and accessories for the rifle. American Built Arms out of Pennsylvania has just released a nifty [Read More…]
Vhyrus sent us his and his girlfriend’s primary carbine/pistol combinations. He wrote … These are the primary rifles and handguns for myself and my girlfriend. My setup is a left hand Tavor with a Sightmark Ultra dual shot, Magpul MBUS, blackhawk 2 point [Read More…]
New Zealand blogger Whaleoil is visiting Israel. He sent us this photo of a Tavor he saw in Jerusalem a few days ago. The carbine is equipped, Israeli style, with a spare magazine attached to the buttstock and a Trijicon ACOG. The solider is a member of the Golani [Read More…]
Looking to add an extended KeyMod handguard to your IWI Tavor bullpup rifle? Midwest Industries has two new options for Tavor owners, their new Extended and XL KeyMod handguards add 2.2 inches and 3.25 inches of length to your Tavor. Both models include a KeyMod [Read More…]
IWI US announced they are now shipping state compliant TAVOR rifles to Massachusetts, Maryland and New Jersey. The new rifles are model # TSB18RS. The state compliant TAVOR rifles have an 18″ barrel and a 2″ muzzle brake that is permanently attached. The [Read More…]
The only issue I’ve ever had with my Tavor is the trigger. Of course we all know the trigger is made for a combat rifle not target shooting so it really wasn’t anything unexpected.That issue has been remedied with the receipt of my Timney trigger for the Tavor. [Read More…]
Now those in Maryland can have a Tavor SAR as well! IWI US is now shipping the Maryland compliant SAR with a 16.5″ barrel with 3.5″ muzzle brake, which makes it 1″ over the legal OAL. IWI US also has a CA compliant rifle which began shipping back in [Read More…]
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