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See my post #102 in the thread Tavor: who has one or opinionSurprised you guys like the M21 optic. I have one and am not a fan. @quiller are you running a battery illumination on your M21? if so how do you like it? I’ve eyed it for a while but figured it just makes the setup too complicated. if it’s working out I will get one.
BTW these curved buttpads are best mod I’ve found for the X95 or SAR. Looks like @Zarathustra11 is running one.
Tavor X95 Manticore Arms Curved Buttpad - IWI US
The Tavor X95 Manticore Arms Curved Buttpad reduces the length of pull by an inch, and allows you to easily roll and lock the gun right into the shoulder pocket. Ribbing on the back and the texture of the polymer guarantee the gun will not slip around in the shoulder pocket once mounted. Curved...iwi.us
I like the M21. It works well with my natural point of aim, no craning my neck or dodging my head back and forth. I got the triangle one as this is a strictly minute of head out to 100 yards. Beyond that the flip will help. If I have to reach beyond that I'm pulling something else out of the safe. I bought the REM21 illumination on a whim and because the maker is in Rockport MA. It was short money and we used it the other day right before we left the range. It seems to work well but more testing is needed. Goes on easy, just swap out one Allen head which is provided.Surprised you guys like the M21 optic. I have one and am not a fan. @quiller are you running a battery illumination on your M21? if so how do you like it? I’ve eyed it for a while but figured it just makes the setup too complicated. if it’s working out I will get one.
BTW these curved buttpads are best mod I’ve found for the X95 or SAR. Looks like @Zarathustra11 is running one.
Tavor X95 Manticore Arms Curved Buttpad - IWI US
The Tavor X95 Manticore Arms Curved Buttpad reduces the length of pull by an inch, and allows you to easily roll and lock the gun right into the shoulder pocket. Ribbing on the back and the texture of the polymer guarantee the gun will not slip around in the shoulder pocket once mounted. Curved...
The triangle is just a chevron with the lower part filled in... Zero the tip at your preferred range, and make note of the POI at other ranges. They make an X reticle also... which is basically 4 chevrons pointing inward. Both are better than the dot in circle, which, is just a dot in a circle.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Even so, I don’t even think a fixed magnified optic is a good fit for a rifle that’s meant for CQC. I’d rather have a mid-tier red dot on my X95 than even a real ACOG.
too bad no one had any of those clones - there are several knock-offs there with a similar stolen design, but... i do not want to be a first guinea pig to try that.
I have a TA33 and it’s awesome, but my Aimpoint Pro was half the cost and works better on my X95. ACOGs are expensive, but they’re worth it - just not for this application in my opinion.
I don’t know you, or your financial situation. However if you have shot with a variety of optics, you’ll know that for a fixed power scope, these are actually worth the money if you shoot rifle with any regularity. Labor isn’t cheap, never has been, but I’ll gladly spend money on an American product like an ACOG because the quality is there.
Looks like minute of head at 100 yards. If the $hit hits the fan that's all the accuracy you'll need!
yeah, i guess it is what it is. i had to play with the scope zeroing a bit, as it was grouping glock-style before
- and then i got it grouping like that, 3 times, so, it is not a single glitch - it is pretty consistent. ok, i will keep it at that, it works fine, and rings 10" steel plate fine from standing up position.
absolutely true. to be honest i did expect more from the 16" barrel - and it was a group from the rifle on the atlas bipod and stock on the bag, so, it was very stable.
I can get a little bit tighter group using IMI 77 gr. Razor Core, which is just about the most accurate load for a 1:7 twist barrel, and I’m not a particularly good shot. 55 gr. bullets are not the best for a 1:7 barrel, though most 1:7 barrels will shoot them just as well as a 1:9 does. The idea is that the 55s are getting to the shorter end of bullet length that the faster twist rate can properly stabilize. Here is small chart by Jason Brown on twist rate vs. bullet weight:
