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did you know the front flip up sight post is tritium tipped? took me 3 months of ownership to realise that. :)

was reading that 1 gram of comercial grade tritium is worth aproximately 30 thousand american. kinda explains why night sights are always so bloody expensive.
 
omegaboost said:
yeah i noticed it after a few months. =P

here's another:

did you know it has a titanium receiver/insert?
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i didnt know the reciever was titanium. between the titanium reciever and the tritium i'm beginning to see why these things cost what they do. i always thought tavors were a wee bit overpriced but im seeing that i am wrong on that account.
 
Ebola said:
i didnt know the reciever was titanium. between the titanium reciever and the tritium i'm beginning to see why these things cost what they do. i always thought tavors were a wee bit overpriced but im seeing that i am wrong on that account.
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yup!

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and btw since were at it, how do we open that compartment under the grip?

tried so many times but never managed to.
 
I heard there is a mini Nuclear reactor in the grip :)

Good call on the receiver being titanium, I always thought it was some strange holy alloy due to the color, so this is why it is slightly gold afterall.
 
twyeh said:
I heard there is a mini Nuclear reactor in the grip :)

Good call on the receiver being titanium, I always thought it was some strange holy alloy due to the color, so this is why it is slightly gold afterall.
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The gold color is from the surface hardening treatment, titanium nitride I assume. Titanium is normally gray in color.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium_nitride
 
In order to have the casings eject out the left side of the rifle, do you have to replace the bolt with a left hand bolt? I know it sounds like a silly question, but I've only had my Tavor for a few days now and I'm still learning. If it is neccessary, is it a tricky job to do or pretty straight forward?
 
pbr streetgang said:
In order to have the casings eject out the left side of the rifle, do you have to replace the bolt with a left hand bolt? I know it sounds like a silly question, but I've only had my Tavor for a few days now and I'm still learning. If it is neccessary, is it a tricky job to do or pretty straight forward?
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Yes you do. Check out this site for details:
http://w w w .ltwerner.com/tavor.ltwerner/howtoprocedures.phtml?id=10

I did that procedure (proud lefty here!) and it's not to bad. The trickiest part is the barrel removal and re-installation.

Good luck!
 
pbr streetgang said:
In order to have the casings eject out the left side of the rifle, do you have to replace the bolt with a left hand bolt? I know it sounds like a silly question, but I've only had my Tavor for a few days now and I'm still learning. If it is neccessary, is it a tricky job to do or pretty straight forward?
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it is not tricky to do but there are a few things you have to do that are not mentioned in the sticky here on CGN about converting to left handed use. there are 2 roll pins that you have to move on the bolt carrier. there is a mention made in the armourers manual about these pins but the armourers manual is pretty much useless when it comes to being descriptive in what it tells you to do. i eneded up using the guide here and it is not a complete guide so i had a few wtf moments during the process.


one roll pin is on the spot where the charging rod will sit on the bolt carrier assembly. when you switch the charging handle over to the right side you have to move the roll pin that sits in a groove to the other groove to allow access for the rod to sit in the correct spot. i didnt realise i had do this when i switched it over and when i thought i was down switching the rifle over i charged the gun with a snap cap and i had a nasty jam up of the bolt carrier and the charging rod.



also need to knock out a roll pin on the back of the bolt carrier and switch it to the opposite side to allow the new left handed bolt to fit properly.

barrel removal is a pain in the ass. not for the fact that it is hard but in my case i needed two people to do it. 3 hands were needed. one for the cam and two for barrel removal. you will also have to make or buy a barrel wrench. making a wrench isnt hard if you have a bench grinder and a proper size allen key.

dont forget to remove the spring in the trigger group if it hasnt already been done. it improves trigger pull a fair bit
 
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pretorian said:
No, it has not. It's aluminium.
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No, it isn't aluminum. It's titanium. :rolleyes:

As for Ebola needing 2 people to remove the barrel, someone is doing something really wrong. I'll pop a barrel off in 5 minutes with only a barrel wrench and my two hands. It's not brain surgery. Turn barrel lock, pull barrel out the front.
 
Armedsask said:
No, it isn't aluminum. It's titanium. :rolleyes:

As for Ebola needing 2 people to remove the barrel, someone is doing something really wrong. I'll pop a barrel off in 5 minutes with only a barrel wrench and my two hands. It's not brain surgery. Turn barrel lock, pull barrel out the front.
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Well Zalman Shebs, the Engineer who designed it thinks it's aluminum.:)
 
So they used thin aluminum rails as a bearing surface for a steel bolt carrier on a combat rifle? What's the gold color about?

You must be mistaken.
 
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