How dose 55gr shoot from your Tavor

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I haven't shot my tavor yet and I'm going on vacation in a week. I plan to shoot it for the first time while I'm gone, but I need to purchase my ammo now because where I'm going there will be nothing available. So obviously I have no idea what will work best in it. From what I've heard it likes 62gr bullets best, but I can't find any 62gr in bulk. So I'm just woundering how well the tavor shoots 55gr. Also, I know it dosent like American eagle, so my choices are either PMC 55gr or MFS 55gr. What would you guys recommend I buy, I'm just worried about spending $500 + on ammo my gun dosent like.
Thanks in advance!
 
Stormchaser said:
I found the Norinco had a couple fails, but other 55grains worked great. Next I'm going to get these:

http://www.theammosource.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_108_109&products_id=616

Enjoy the Tavor!
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Thank you! I will!
So obviously your not worried about running steel case through your tavor? I don't know if any of the old wives tales are true about steel case, hard on extractors and whatnot. I'm too new to shooting to have a opinion on it. I just hear things, and that makes me worried. Lol
 
I'm not the authority on steel case so please review this more, from what I have read the higher grain is supposed to work better with the Tavor barrel twist
 
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Juan For All said:
American Eagle 55gr bulk is all I have used in mine. No problems.

J
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Interesting. Do you have a idea of how many rounds of American Eagal you've ran through it?

Stormchaser said:
I'm not the authority on steel case so please review this more, from what I have read the higher grain is supposed to work better with the Tavor barrel twist
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Well, I suppose if your going to shoot steel case the Tavor is probably the best gun to run it through, with that giant extractor and all.
 
I did some accuracy testing a couple of weeks ago at 100m. Federal 62 grain was the best with 2.7 MOA but Federal 55 grain worked well too, giving a 3.1 MOA group. Testing was five round groups from a shooting bench using a 1X Trijicon RMR sight with 3.25 MOA dot.
 
Madmardigan said:
Interesting. Do you have a idea of how many rounds of American Eagal you've ran through it?



Well, I suppose if your going to shoot steel case the Tavor is probably the best gun to run it through, with that giant extractor and all.
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I bought 1000 rounds last year and have about 400 rounds left. Those were split between an xcr and the tavor. Guessing 300 rounds? I have never had a ftf or fte. I wipe it and add more FL after shooting. Nothing special.

J
 
I have a 30% failure with American Eagle.
The pmz stuff, 99% success.
The military surplus lake city, 100% success. 62 gr.
 
Madmardigan said:
I haven't shot my tavor yet and I'm going on vacation in a week. I plan to shoot it for the first time while I'm gone, but I need to purchase my ammo now because where I'm going there will be nothing available. So obviously I have no idea what will work best in it. From what I've heard it likes 62gr bullets best, but I can't find any 62gr in bulk. So I'm just woundering how well the tavor shoots 55gr. Also, I know it dosent like American eagle, so my choices are either PMC 55gr or MFS 55gr. What would you guys recommend I buy, I'm just worried about spending $500 + on ammo my gun dosent like.
Thanks in advance!
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From experience shooting out to 300 and 400 m:

Home loaded 55 gr - not very accurate, quite inconsistent
M193 55 gr - not very accurate, many fliers
MK 262 Mod 0 77 gr - extremely accurate
PMC M855 LAP Green Tip 62 gr - very accurate
Swiss GP90 - very accurate
Norinco anything - ? Won't shoot that ammo in any of my guns

The TAR21 has a 1:7 twist barrel and is made for a heavier round for sure.
 
I shoot am eagle 55 grain, runs great, ran 300 rounds so far, not one problem, not a thorough clean yet, just basic innards wiped down.
Group is about 5 moa at 100 yards though. could be me, could be the ammo, not 100 sure yet.
 
62 gr has been the most accurate, 55 gr runs great just shoots a bit larger group, but so what, these are not tack drivers, they are chest plate hitters, and that they do very well and fast.
 
Never a problem with any ammo in my Tavor... Currently shooting the Norinco 55grain surplus from CanadaAmmo, can't beat the deal!!!

Cheers
Jay
 
I have only used norinco 55grn and American eagle 55grn. There are a lot of flyers with both but are generally pretty accurate. I run an Elcan spectredr 1-4x.
 
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