Tavor robustness

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I want to know the robustness of Tavor parts such as how are the firing pins and bolts made? I heard they are made of S7 Shock Steel and are supposed to be unbreakable. I notice that the color of the firing pin, cam pin and bolt have similar brownish color as my Geissele trigger parts.

What about the receivers? I heard that they are made of titanium alloys?

Any technical input, especially failure reports are greatly appreciated! Thanks!
 
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Cant speak to what kind steel the parts are made from. But I can say that I never seen myself, heard of or read about on CGN a broken or defective tavor before. I will say for a fact they are a robust rifle.
 
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Only weakness I've heard about is the bolt catch. But mines been flawless. I have around 1000 rounds through it, and still haven't had a failure of any kind. All the components still look new, and are showing about as much ware as it had when I bought it.
Can't tell you what type of steel or alloys they use, but its built like a tank. Theres a vid on you tube of one being driven over by a truck, then they do a mag dump with it right after.
 
Someone say "Tavor"?

Don't worry guys, I came as fast as I could.

The titanium thing was a myth going around for a while. Last I heard the receiver itself is just some fancy steel. Pretty sure IWI reps on the bullpup forum have said a few times that Titanium wasn't the way to go.

But yes, all the parts are fairly robust. Your only weakeness could be polymers (example: the trigger pack housing is not made to take the full impact of the hammer if you remove it and manually activate it) but even those have been drastically improved from the initial service rifles.

And then yes, there is: the bolt catch
 
t_102 said:
What about the receivers? I heard that they are made of titanium alloys?
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I'm pretty sure the receiver is made of aluminum. Its finish has a yellowish tint so I'm guessing it's a Chromate conversion coating?
 
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omegaboost said:
the receiver is 7075 t6 aluminium with some sort of teflon coating. read it from a memeber who asked IWI.
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That's not bad at all, especially just as the reinforcement structure.

What about the firing pin? Is it really S7 shock steel? What does this translate to in terms of durability?
 
^that I dont know lol. All I know is the receiver is 7075 T6, the whole body is polymer reinforced nylon, cold hammer forged barrel and the whole mechanic has some sort of ultra corrosion resistant coating since it was made to last even in salt water (since they're next to the Mediterranean sea). I also know that reliability for the tavor was the number 1 most important factor in its development next to making it more compact Hence the reason they're now adopting the X95 instead.

I remember guys from CanadaAmmo have a tavor with well over 45 000+ round count (hope he can chime in lol).
 
My Tavor was one of the first into Canada, and it has been faultless. I have about 4-5000 rounds through it and clean it sparingly. It is most certainly a battle rifle.

I still have the upgrade parts from CanadaAmmo for the firing issue and have never installed them.

My rifle works fine.
 
Bazzoka_Joe said:
maybe more a anodizing
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Nahh, it doesn't feel or look like anodizing. The more I look the more I'm convinced it's a chromate conversion coating (aka chemical film or irridite) which is used to boost corrosion resistance in aircraft parts.

Just look at this chromate conversion coated aluminum part, it's exactly the same finish:

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