Tavor bullpup slated for release this year in USA

General Firearms Other Semi-Automatic Rifles
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Guys I want to bring everybody up to speed on the latest on the efforts on making a semi auto Tavor a reality here in the USA- I spoke to Michael Kassnar at SHOT 2012 and not only did he have a semi auto sales sample of the Tavor but he had a game plan to make it a reality this year - he is moving forward aggressively and is doing his best to make this rifle available to the buying public as soon as possible

Michael Kassnar has a very good reputation in the firearms industry and has a track record of importing some very rare and desirable military style rifles ( KBI SVD’s and Hungarian AKM’s) - obviously those items were imported pre ban and the game has changed since then but he understands the challenges involved and is committed to the task at hand

The best way to support him is to reach out to him and let him know you are interested in buying a Tavor when he has them available- his email address is listed below

You may ask why do I care about another new bullpup - the answer is simple; it is called exercising your second amendment rights and the more proficient you become with weapons like the Tavor or the AK or the FAL or the AUG the better you are with all small arms

I will present my firearms industry background as proof positive

Contact Michael at m.kassnar@transworldarms.com

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As a guy who has carried an AUG and found the benefits of a bull-pup design useful and who tries to shoot and be familiar with dissimilar weapons platforms, I look forward to the Tavor coming to market.

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Mr. Vickers, thank you for the information. I purchased a pair of lower receivers from Charles Daly Defense, and found Mr. Kassnar to be an excellent person to work with.

Best wishes for you with the upcoming season of Tac TV.

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My Uzi NEEDS a Tavor.

:sarcastic:

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The Tavor is an amazing piece of engineering, and I am very excited about the semi auto 16 inch guns that Michael Kassnar is working on with IWI… Internally they are very different from the Canadian guns, where they only had to replace the full auto selector with a semi one, and then put them on the market. By all accounts this new IWI semi design not only met, but exceeded, all of the NFA branches requirements…

Congratulations again to Mike for pulling off what others said could not be done…

S/F

B

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this and the HK MR762 are the only two things I care about getting this year. Oh and an FNP Tactical .45…there goes 6K!

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Thanks Buck, that is good to hear.

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That is good news.

If he also picked the Msar line, I would be very happy.

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I’m very interested in adding one to my collection, provided that it proves to be as durable as the Israeli one (or at least a StyrAUG). I hope he sends out one or two to some M4C members for T&E, so they can put a few K rounds through it in some carbine courses and some type of endurance test. That AAR, in and of itself, would pay off in spades.

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Very cool. The Tavor is the weapon I wish my FS2000 was.

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Hey, I wouldn’t mind being given that sort of “homework” assignment!

I am glad that the Tavor is coming to the US market, simply because I like seeing bullpups gain more traction in the US.

The more high quality choices in the bullpup market, the better…

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I stopped by Mr Kassner’s booth several times to handle the semi auto Tavor and learn of his plans to get these great rifles in our hands. I will purchase a Tavor as soon as I get a chance.

DR

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I would be interested in buying two if the price is right and there is aftermarket support.

If it is more expensive than a good AR I really don’t see the point of owning one beyond possible collectors value or CDI points. There must be a supply of replacement parts.

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Very very glad about this news. I just hope this project gets off the ground and doesnt fizzle due to some administrative decision. Plus I can finally stick it to those damn Canooks by showing off a 16" verson with full capacity mags while they are stuck with 10 rounders…

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Very exciting news. I hope it all works out. Count me in for one after I finish my 2012 AR15 build.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS3vHnEQXBg

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Massive improvement over what Barret showed in 2002

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I look forward to getting one of these in lieu of the SBR my state forbids me to own. The Tavor has always seemed like a really well designed rifle and I’m happy to see it finally coming to the states.

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I will take 1 for the collection.

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I would like to add something to what mr. Vickers reported.

The fact that IWI is willing to introduce a new version of semiauto only TAR21 is a surprising news to me.

In 2009 I wrote and published a reportage about ALL the TAR21 family for a italian national distributed gun magazine and I had the pleasure to work with the amazing guys in Ramat Hasharon.

When I exposed the market demand of assault rifle in Italy, and the fact that Italians can own semiauto, military caliber version of assault rifles, they were very surprised.

Further, I told them that we have less strict limitations about barrel lenghts than the US market (here barrel can be short up to 300 mm, less than 13" for a rifle/carbine, less if your gun is classified “handgun”, with no limitation about the presence of a rifle stock).

I gave them also the right pricing (believe me, I know this market very well in Europe and even better in Europe!)

The final answer was that they were no interested anymore in producing a semiauto version.

Now they reverted their decision, at least for the US market, that in terms of figures is way far more interesting than the european market: you have the 2nd Amendament, none of the Eu countries have such a thing, in any form.

This said, I shot several mags with the X95 (the military version…) in the IWI Cesarea range, and I understood two things:

  1. why I like traditional rifle design (it is only MY opinion, and it does not reflect any flaw in TAR21 design or project… just I have my own tastes)
  2. why the Israelis are training IDF rookies DIRECTLY with the new rifle, avoiding as much as possible any transition between the M16/M4 systems they have with the TAR21s.

From what has been reported to me by IDF Miluim (reserve) officers, TAR21 has an astonishing reliability record in Mid East enviroment, claiming to perform much better than the M16/M4.

just my 2 cents…

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In for 1. I decided to go non-bullpup last year with my allocation of fun money, but if the Tavor really happens I’d be thrilled. Per Larry’s suggestion I emailed Mr. K to that affect…

cheers