Tavor vs Swiss Arms(Help me!)

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I'm contemplating. Both are quite expensive, but choosing is for communist right?

I've beat myself to death over these two firearms. After 2 years of going back and fourth I finally came to the conclusion I should go for the swiss.
BUT THEN...

I seen my first Tavor (in person) at the range Today. Dude had one in the lane next to me, didn't have time to talk to the fellow to see what he thought as he was leaving. they are a lot smaller than I thought, and way ###y. Swagalicious as an old timer would say.

I'm planning on buying one or the other in the next month or so, for once I am dedicated to get myself a good non-restricted rifle in .223 which is long overdue.

so do any of you own both? Or shot both? Which one do find yourself shooting more often? Pros and cons?

Help a man help himself.
 
I have a tavor, and have shot the pe90 quite a bit.

This is what I found:

Swiss arms has a way better trigger. No comparison. It's also really awesome for laying prone with the built in bipod and laying waste to whatever varmints you're after.

Tavor- I like ot for walking around and shooting gophers, as it's way shorter and not front heavy like the Swiss(because it's a bullpup). It takes 10 round LAR mags too. The bore and sight offset is pretty big, so your poi can vary with any cant on the rifle when shooting.

I'm pretty sure the Swiss is more accurate, but it's just not my thing. Both are reliable.
 
I still have my Sig, but sold my Tavor. Just didn't like the bullpup design. Ya, it looked good, but for me, I didn't like the feel, or having to look down to change the mag all the time. With the stock colapsed, the Sig is smaller than the Tavor as well...
 
Captain Paul said:
Care to explain a bit more on this?
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Sure,

On the tavor the optics sit like 5 inches above the bore, so if you are shooting, but have the rifle tilted slightly it will change your point of impact more than a rifle that has only 1.5" difference between optics and bore.

I only noticed it at further distances.
 
It's not that bad, it comes into play if you're trying to shoot a tennis ball or something at 200 yards+.

Just make sure you are consistent with your shooting and it shouldn't be a problem.
 
Yes it is present the whole time, but the further you shoot, the more pronounced it is. Eg if you're off at .25" at a 100m, then it would 0.5" at 200m.

The more tilted it is, the more it would be off. This is true with all rifles, it's just exaggerated the further the distance between optics and bore.
 
Ive handled both but have not shot either but for myself I love compact rifles and something different so the Tavor would be my choice. You could hike around and put a Tavor in a backpack...very cool.

Cheers!!
 
Flat top swiss. Nice trigger, low optics over bore. Tavor doesn't have a reputation as having a great trigger and the optics are high up. I'd favour the Swiss for long range fun, but depends, as usual, what you want the rifle to do.
 
I've shot both.

The Tavor is much more compact and handier. The optic wasn't that great and it is NOT a precision optic. Fieldstripping to clean was simple, but if you want to do a very detailed cleaning, it's a little more complicated to take apart than the Swissarms.

Swissarms has better trigger, no screwdriver needed to remove Locktited screws to dismantle piston and gas tube for cleaning. More robust metal sights. More robust rifle overall.

Each has its virtues and vices.

I sold my Tavor and kept my Swissarms.
 
Get a Tavor, simply because it is different and Can Ammo have them in stock. once you get it and don't like it you can always sell it get a SA in EE.
 
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