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Israel Weapons Industries (IWI) to Resurrect Galil Rifle in the U.S. Market
2017-08-10
[Kit Up] LAS VEGAS -- Israel Weapon Industries will release an updated version of the Galil rifle in the U.S. market this spring, a company official said.

Hagai Katz, a weapons instructor at IWI, demonstrated the new semi-automatic rifle known as the Galil ACE this week at a gun range north of Las Vegas as part of the opening day of SHOT Show.

Based on the original Galil assault rifle developed in the 1960s, the updated version still draws inspiration from the Russian AK-47 and the Finnish Valmet RK 62, but is modernized with a lower receiver made out of a high-strength polymer to reduce weight, a 360-degree Picatinny rail for accessories, ambidextrous safety levers, adjustable buttstock and adjustable iron sights.
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  Thing

AK-47 is very rugged, requires little upkeep, almost fault free - you can stick the barrel in the ground, shake it out and shoot. Drawback it's not very precise.

M16 is flimsy (all the plastic parts always break), fault prone (a grain of sand can cause stoppage - and sand will enter because of the shutter arrangement*), and it's made of rust-prone steel. Advantage: it's very precise.

*You can train people to close the shutter automatically, once they stop firing.

Galil is not precise, not very robust, and it rusts like nobody's business.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-08-10 18:11  

#5  But... PLastic? That can be fixed, right?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2017-08-10 17:39  

#4  Grom: You can fix the problems with the AK by having it made by someone like the Finns... Or maybe the Juice. As long as you give a damn...
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2017-08-10 17:38  

#3  Steve: A mosin would have real furniture.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2017-08-10 17:35  

#2  An illegitimate offspring of M16 and AK47: having all the individual drawbacks of its ancestors and none of their advantages.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-08-10 02:23  

#1  A Mosin-Nagant for a new generation?
Posted by: SteveS   2017-08-10 01:58  

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