So, first of all, happy Chanukah! This has been an amazing year for IWI, especially for their Galil ACE rifles, which has been picking up more and more positive press.

I’ve been remiss in posting due to real life circumstances, but wanted to chime in on a couple of bits of news.

The IWI Masada was announced in early November. This is an interesting gun in that it’s the first “real” weapon that IWI has announced using their US subsidiary, versus the Israeli company. This may be indicative of a greater shift by IWI to focusing on the US market, which wouldn’t be a bad move for them. It also supports the theory that IWI probably terminated the OEM relationship with Magnum Research, and not the other way around.

The gun itself is pretty nice, and is a “greatest hits” sort of deal:

1. P320-esque serialized fire control module
2. Sig-style take-down lever
3. P30-esque front accessory rail

It is unclear whether it’s using proprietary magazines or if they’re CZ-75 mags and the floorplate is just weird-looking. IWI also didn’t include an optic mount for the slide, ala the Glock MOS, but that may be coming later.

After the break… the Tavor shotgun and 2018.

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