The Galil: Israel's Greatest Small Arm
by
Alex C.
Published: April 27th, 2016
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The Galil is what you get when you take a Finnish Valmet rifle and add the knowledge gained from mechanized desert warfare. The IMI Galil is an AK on steroids with numerous improvements, and shooting one is a real treat. While the modern Galil Ace is the successor, the old classic rifles are amazing in more ways than one.
Transcripting coming soon.
Alex is a Senior Writer for The Firearm Blog and Director of TFBTV.
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Did y'all ever see that video where the Israelis are doing a face off between a Galil and an M16 type rifle? They kept loading up mag after mag until the M16 type started cooking rounds off, but the Galil kept humming along. Obviously the rifles are rarely used like that, but it was still interesting to see none the less.
The Galil and Glilon (Galil carbine in Hebrew) were issued to me in my IDF service from 1986-1994, with a brief stint of three months in squad leader's course with the M-16/M-203.
I loved the Galil and it never let me down, never once. The M-16, on the other hand......
Now that I'm back in the US, I was finally able to purchase a Century Golani which was fraught with numerous problems, not to mention not looking anything like an Israeli ARM. I sent it off to Jeff Miller at hillbillyfirearms.com (jeff@hillbillyfirearms.com) and he did a superb job of making it hum.
The pic below is me during the first Intifada in Deir-el-Balach "refugee camp" on patrol.