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2017-08-10 Science & Technology

Israel Weapons Industries (IWI) to Resurrect Galil Rifle in the U.S. Market

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-08-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 A Mosin-Nagant for a new generation?

Posted by SteveS 2017-08-10 01:58|| 2017-08-10 01:58|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2017-08-10 02:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Steve: A mosin would have real furniture.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2017-08-10 17:35|| 2017-08-10 17:35|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2017-08-10 17:38|| Front Page Top

#5 But... PLastic? That can be fixed, right?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2017-08-10 17:39|| 2017-08-10 17:39|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2017-08-10 18:11|| Front Page Top

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