Tavor, Outdoor Range, and Learned a Few Things

[BillD]

Well after literally hundreds of rounds through the Tavor just playing around with it out in the boonies, and had it "close" with that, but finally got to a measured outdoor range to nail down the 50yd zero. It was then shooting a couple inches low at 25 yards and about the same amount high at 100 yards. "Tried" the 200yd target but the MOR bullseye reticel completely covers the target at that range and my eyes definitely need some magnification assistance! So with that said, I only hit it about 50% of the time.

Things learned:

-my eyes don't work past 100M so good, will need some magnification
-the heavy trigger IS too heavy, as everyone's been saying...especially for longer distances
-my groups suck, so I'll use the above two lessons learned as a temporary excuse
-the Tavor is a weird shape that doesn't fit a normal rifle brace very well

But gawddd is it fun!

 

[jrcarbine]

You should get one of those bushnell 1-4 .223 ar scopes for that. It would look really good.

 

[drifter dave]

^ and they weigh a metric ton.

 

[BillD]

Probably will go with the MePro MX3 as it's a match for the MOR.

 

[84wh1]

Good choice. The POI you mentioned is normal for any gun with a significant optic height over bore. 50 yard is good zero for this style of rifle because it takes you in the "kill zone" or any animal out to about 300 meters.

I agree with the eyes man. I run a vortex 1-4 on my tavor and it sure is nice past 200 meters to have the 4 power!

My opinion of the trigger is that despite its weight, it's smooth as butter. I'm about 80% for hits at 350 meters. Just press it back slow and steady until she goes boom.

Cheer!

 

[BillD]

I doubt if I'll ever be shooting anything out past 200yds anyway, but even 100+ it'll be nice to have some magnification; yes the trigger is smooth with a clean break, and no issues at short ranges or just plinking, just takes that little bit extra concentration/patience at longer distances. Concentrate, I can...patience? More of a challenge LOL

 

[H.K.Glock 007]

Geissele Super Sabra and Trigger bow. Best money ever spent on Tavor. ever.

 

[jparent]

Just gotta slow it down and master that trigger. Even with the called flyer, at 100 yards, something's dead.

 

[BillD]

^^^Nice! I'm heading out again tomorrow for some more practice, concentrating on that 100yd distance.

 

[cr5]

You should get one of those bushnell 1-4 .223 ar scopes for that. It would look really good.

I used one of those once and wasn't impressed. The reticle is very heavy for shooting groups and the glass wasn't that good. I traded rifles with a guy at the range and when he looked through my Specter DR he was amazed. It may be heavy but the glass is incredible.

BillD, I removed the trigger return spring on my gen 2 and it reduced the trigger pull by about 3 pounds. It feels much better now and after around 200 rounds it hasn't caused any problems with trigger reset.
To me the trigger isn't bad enough and the rifle isn't accurate enough to spend $400+ on a trigger.

 

[BillD]

Mine has the SAR-21 style trigger pack, can't be modded the same way, but supposedly lighter anyway....but everything is relative no doubt.