Feeding a tavor/xcr

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Hello all

I am very close to selecting a new NR black rifle and decided upon the tavor or xcr. A friend and i are placing a large order of ammunition in .223 and 7.62x39 in the near future and my question is will the tavor or xcr take steel cased ammo? a local store has steel cased for a decent price but im not going to buy it if i cant relaibly use it. the norinco m193 ball brass case from canam is my first choice have any of you used this?

I have also read that the tavor prefers a heavier 62gr round but i can not confirm this
If you have a tavor or xcr what do you reliably feed it?

Thanks for your input!
 
i have used steel cased ammo in my tavor, works great, flings the shells an extra 10 feet further than brass, but other than that it works great for plinking.
 
Aries- said:
i have used steel cased ammo in my tavor, works great, flings the shells an extra 10 feet further than brass, but other than that it works great for plinking.
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Great that's what I wanted to hear!


The local 7.62x39 is drying up fast. I bought some Chinese "Non corrosive" that is very corrosive for $360 1440 rounds in GP. Canada ammo and cabelas seem like the cheapest I can find around $260
 
When you said a local store has steel-cased, were you referring to 7.62x39 and .223 or just 7.62?

My XCR only gets fed Czech and Chinese surplus. I'm at almost 2k through it and not a single ammo related issue.
 
Stevo said:
When you said a local store has steel-cased, were you referring to 7.62x39 and .223 or just 7.62?

My XCR only gets fed Czech and Chinese surplus. I'm at almost 2k through it and not a single ammo related issue.
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I was referring to both. i have used lots of steel case 7.62 but never steel .223
 
The Tavor is optimised for the 62gr but don't have any hesitations over feeding it 55gr if you find them cheaper.
Unless you have the hand and eye coordination to pick fly droppings out of the pepper shaker, you won't notice any differerence between 55gr and 62gr under 250m.
Steel casings are good to go.
They are both great rifles.
 
Ok where can I find 75gr? Good to know it will still take steel case as I'm worried that Russian steel case is all we will get if the Americans bring back the awb. The steel case 223 was local near my friend in Edmonton sorry for the confusion
 
MAX I think the original poster is just getting into black rifles, so unless you are an experienced shooter and posses some skills, or if you have match grade or special recipe hand loads, buy ammo for quantity and get out and play.

For most of us, using production or bulk ammo and literally plinking and practicing, 55gr vs 62gr won't make any difference at short ranges of 250m or less.
For a new fellow especially, it is important to learn and get used to your rifle, then practice and practice and practice.

Seriously, find the best ammo deal you can and just practice. Once your groups are down and you are happy, then start experimenting.
In the meantime, just enjoy yourself and learn.

Starting in black rifle can be like drinking from the fire hose.
Start slow, enjoy, have fun.
Should you ask questions, don't let some of the responses deter you.
It has probably been asked before, and many of us forget we started out asking the same things too.

MAX, groupings will have more to do with the shooter, practice and consistency than with the ammo.
Ammo and even batch lots within the same ammo will simply move your grouping around the paper a bit, an inch or two this way or that.
Every different ammo will have differing characteristics, of course.
Switching from one ammo to another or even to a different batch lot will simply mean the correction of our rifle by a click on the dial or sight.

As a good example, the best grouping I got in the last year was in trying a friends SU16 of all things!
Five rounds clover-leafed using some Russian bulk 56 gr ammo. (Tiger?)
I haven't done that in a long time. I was just really comfy shooting and very consistent.
Go figure. My friends were all still laughing at me over that.
 
Leviathan, don't fret over the steel case too much.
Most of the horror stories come from the US where companies were getting undercut big by the Russians selling at discount prices.
At first they complained about laquered casing, so most Russian stuff was now polymer coated instead of laquered.
Then sure enough, Hornady comes out with US made steel casings that are laquered and I haven't heard any complaints yet???
Never under estimate either the Russians or the Chinese when it comes to firearms or ammo.

75gr?
Play and have fun first.
Once you are comfy with 55gr and 62gr up to 300-400m, then maybe you might want to try to get the most out of the 75gr.
Mind if you are into target shooting already, have at 'er.
 
ok thanks for the tips guys i was just worried about buying bulk steel cased ammo or too light of a grain and causing issues with a tavor or xcr. now to finally decide on which black rifle i want.. hhhhmmmmm
 
lawn gnome said:
MAX I think the original poster is just getting into black rifles, so unless you are an experienced shooter and posses some skills, or if you have match grade or special recipe hand loads, buy ammo for quantity and get out and play.

For most of us, using production or bulk ammo and literally plinking and practicing, 55gr vs 62gr won't make any difference at short ranges of 250m or less.
For a new fellow especially, it is important to learn and get used to your rifle, then practice and practice and practice.

Seriously, find the best ammo deal you can and just practice. Once your groups are down and you are happy, then start experimenting.
In the meantime, just enjoy yourself and learn.

Starting in black rifle can be like drinking from the fire hose.
Start slow, enjoy, have fun.
Should you ask questions, don't let some of the responses deter you.
It has probably been asked before, and many of us forget we started out asking the same things too.

MAX, groupings will have more to do with the shooter, practice and consistency than with the ammo.
Ammo and even batch lots within the same ammo will simply move your grouping around the paper a bit, an inch or two this way or that.
Every different ammo will have differing characteristics, of course.
Switching from one ammo to another or even to a different batch lot will simply mean the correction of our rifle by a click on the dial or sight.

As a good example, the best grouping I got in the last year was in trying a friends SU16 of all things!
Five rounds clover-leafed using some Russian bulk 56 gr ammo. (Tiger?)
I haven't done that in a long time. I was just really comfy shooting and very consistent.
Go figure. My friends were all still laughing at me over that.
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Relax, take it easy...

Maybe I didn't made 1,685 posts like you but Ive been in the infantry for 8 years and 1 tour in Afghanistan. I shot 4,6 cm grouping (prone) with my C7A2 at 100m. I own 8 guns, including the Tavor and an AR-15 that I built. But I'm not into reloading yet.

You know there's a lot uncertainty all over internet if a 55gr bullet will loose some accuracy in a 1/7 twist barrel. I'm glad to know there's none before 250m.
 
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