X95 Durability?

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Xathane

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Hi, I'm having difficulty finding complaints other than accuracy, but recently had the opportunity to handle an X95 and the first thing I noticed was the bolt release and how It looks and feels extremely cheap, brittle, and subject to failure. Can anyone attest to the durability of this part or overall quality and durability of the rifle. This was a huge red flag for me. Thanks.
 
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Xathane said:
Hi, I'm having difficulty finding complaints other than accuracy, but recently had to the opportunity to handle an X95 and the first thing I noticed was the bolt release and how It looks and feels extremely cheap, brittle, and subject to failure. Can anyone attest to the durability of this part or overall quality and durability of the rifle. This was a huge red flag for me. Thanks.
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I would stake my life on a Tavor and its reliability. Actually I could probably say the same about everything IWI makes. Israeli' s don't make junk. The fact that every one of their neighbours would happily annihilate them prevents that.
 
This isn't a car, they aren't going to design the door to make a nice noise when it closes to convince you of quality.

It's built to specs and most likely don't know what you're doing when you assess it's quality.

It's a great rifle, you'll do just fine :)
 
Xathane said:
the first thing I noticed was the bolt release and how It looks and feels extremely cheap, brittle, and subject to failure.
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Definitely not the case. If you remove it from the rifle and seriously mishandle it (get it jammed in something and subjected to extreme force), you can deform the metal part of the bolt stop to the point where it is non-functional. But when this happened to a friend I advised him to simply use a hammer to pound it back into shape. Which he did, and it worked again no problem.

And if it didn't, it is a very inexpensive part.
 
I broke the firing pin spring with ~3k rounds through it. Still functioned; for all I know it could've been broke for 500-1k rounds prior to my knowledge. It's been fine since with 2k more rounds through it.

Bolt release is pretty solid in my opinion. Definitely my favorite rifle. Wouldn't hesitate to buy another or trust my life to it.
 
It's a frequently used part on a gun designed for a military that's notably hard on their small arms, not to mention that has been adopted all over the world in all sorts of conditions.

I suspect if it were a problem, it would have been apparent by now.
 
Thai Royal Guard didn't find their Tavors to be all that durable, They ended up re finishing all the rifles to their own Military standards :)

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I think the only reason why you might thing it looks cheap is because of how fragile it might be if it was made of toy plastics.

Modern gun polymer is extremely tough and if you ever have a spare polymer part, try breaking it, you'd be surprised at how difficult it is to do so.
 
Ravage said:
Call me crazy but I prefer the TAR-21 over the X95
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Please elaborate. I own the original gen 1(bought it like 10-12 years ago?) And have never had a failure with it, even with the orginal bolt that was defective which was replaced for free. Thinking of getting a X95 so would love to hear your opinion.
 
Xathane said:
the first thing I noticed was the bolt release and how It looks and feels extremely cheap, brittle, and subject to failure. Can anyone attest to the durability of this part or overall quality and durability of the rifle. This was a huge red flag for me.
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^SME right here.
 
maddogz said:
Please elaborate. I own the original gen 1(bought it like 10-12 years ago?) And have never had a failure with it, even with the orginal bolt that was defective which was replaced for free. Thinking of getting a X95 so would love to hear your opinion.
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I have never shot a X95 but I owned a TAR-21 for years, It really sucks but I had to sell it when I went back to school for money, I was looking into getting a X95 but all the reviews and break down videos I just don't consider it an upgrade the changes they made I compare it to my TAR and I would buy one again over a X95 I think. I was looking at the Tavor 7 as well that one kinda interests me but the barrel stick out really irks me on that lol If MI comes out with a XL handguard that might get me interested in that
 
maddogz said:
Please elaborate. I own the original gen 1(bought it like 10-12 years ago?) And have never had a failure with it, even with the orginal bolt that was defective which was replaced for free. Thinking of getting a X95 so would love to hear your opinion.
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It's gotta mostly come down to personal preference, as they're the exact same system. X95 is a lot smaller in size, while the tavor is quite thicker. The LOP of the X95 with thin buttpad fits the smaller guys, while you might find the TAR21 fit you better if you have a larger frame.

Magazine release location is also a preference and most would go for the AR15 style location in the X95.

The biggest thing is the charging handle location. If you're like me who mount a bunch of (useless) things like light, pressure pad, cables, grips up at the front, you'd find it much easier to do so with the X95.

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The TAR is a pretty handy gun. I really believe the biggest reason for the ergonomic changes in the X-95 were to better suit the large portion of their forces trained on the M-16/M-4 platforms.
 
B said:
The TAR is a pretty handy gun. I really believe the biggest reason for the ergonomic changes in the X-95 were to better suit the large portion of their forces trained on the M-16/M-4 platforms.
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If I recall correctly, I remember a guy at IWI says it was because of easier mounting of light and lasers.
 
B said:
What would the mag release have to do with that? Makes sense for the forward rails though. That is a feature I really like about the X-95.
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You are half correct about mag release, they moved it forward because when they reduce the LOP(a military request), your wrist would bump the original TAR21 release. So they had to move to somewhere. I guess AR15 style is what was the next obvious choice.
 
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