The IWI Tavor X95 bullpup is an incredible machine, the latest generation of a design that has served the Israeli army well since 2001.
A state of the art weapon with a lot of pluses and a few negatives, the latest version offers smaller users an excellent choice for a short raged self defense gun
Salty & Spice take a look at the Tavor X95 and discuss why Spice has made this her CCW carbine of choice.
We Spill The Beans on the Tavor X95
The Tavor X95 is an updated and enhanced version of the venerable IDF street fighting carbine. The X95 in the USA is chambered in .223/5.56 NATO.
The X95 we have in the US is an export variant that adapts the main military weapon for the IDF into a street-legal gun in the USA. The US civilian version of the carbine features semi-auto fire only, and has a 16 1/2 inch barrel to meat US rifle standards.
Additionally the butt plate of the US civilian model is slightly longer, to meet the overall gun-length standard for a rifle in the USA. A shorter butt-plate is available as is a shorter barrel, but installing either would turn the Tavor into a short barreled rifle under the firearms code, and would require a SBR stamp from Uncle Sam.
The Tavor has a factory conversion option available to turn the gun into a 9mm carbine.
Why the switch to the Tavor X95?
Spice decided to make the switch over from the AR-15 platform to the Tavor X95 because of the balance of the two guns.
She finds the AR-15 to be much more “front heavy” which strains her arms over time, and causes her to be less accurate. Even though the Tavor X95 is a heavier gun than her previous AR-15’s (by nearly a pound), she finds that the weight balances behind the trigger on the X95 as opposed to well out over the forehand grip on the AR-15.
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