PeaK PRESENTS: IWI X95 First Shots and First Impressions
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- My first shots and initial impressions of the IWI Tavor X95!
You don’t want to miss this one!
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Dang it Man, I Love that paint work You did on this weapon.....Very NICE Indeed❕
Wow thank you for the kind words🙏🏽 the black multicam has been my go to for a little bit now, although I e been experimenting with that whole “battle worn” finish for a couple months now. I’m comfortable enough to where I’m thinking about starting up a small cerakote side hustle🤙🏾
I know I'm like a year late on this, but I gotta say, your review is very well made, and I appreciate how much attention you gave to the ergonomics and shootability. Pretty much 99% of all other guntubers go over basic stuff that everyone else already said. It's very relieving to find a detailed impression of how the gun handles in all of its areas. Once again, thanks for making such a great review!
Aloha nō my friend! I really, really appreciate the feedback and the kind words. Thank you for checking out my video🤙🏾
I have yet to produce my full review on the x95, but have been ONLY shooting this platform (aside from my TS12) over the past year to get adjusted as it is so different from an AR.
Let me know if there is anything specific you think would be good to include or address in my full review and I’ll do my best to cover it!
Again, thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!
Happy New Years🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
Of course man! All I can think of that you could go over for the full review is just to cover dissadsembly and where you would clean the rifle. It would also be interesting to see a direct comparison between an ar15 and the x95 and what's better or worse about both systems and what advantages one has in training (and in general) over the other. I'm also curious to see what sling setup works for you on the x95!
I understand some things may not be possible, and I definitely don't want to pressure you to change anything if you have other things in mind, but these are just some ideas I'm throwing out if you really want them 🙂
Happy New Years to you as well, and I hope you spend your time well this holiday season!
@@highsped aloha e my friend! So sorry for the late reply.
I really appreciate the input and suggestions; it means a lot and helps just as much to know what others may be interested in learning/knowing that I might miss or gloss over quickly when I should go deeper on the subject.
Will definitely include these points in the X95 video🤙🏾
@@PeaK808 You may have mentioned this but you can change ejection to the opposite side on the x95.
@@trentf4891 What’s up my friend! Mahalo for checking out my video! So, YES one CAN change the ejection of the X95 to the opposite side, but not out of the box like the Tavor 7.
I’m not sure if it’s a similar situation to the TS12 wherein up to its release it was promoted as being readily converted but due to certain issues changes had to be made making it less so.
The X95 can be converted to left hand use, but the user needs to purchase a left handed bolt🤙🏾
I’ve been looking ALL OVER for the past 18 months, if you have any hook ups or know where I can get one, let a Hawaiian brother know🤙🏾
Good first impressions/ first shots video brotha. Looking forward to seeing more as you become more familiar with the X95. I have wanted one for a while now. 👍🏻
Mahalo my friend! I’ve been putting a lot of time into this platform trying to get better and in that time I’ve also picked up several insights about the rifle I’m looking forward to sharing in the deep dive.
It’s definitely something different and a lot of fun running!
Great first look! I love mine. Look into the Manticore Arms butt pad. It's comfortable, shortens your throw and rocks perfectly into your shoulder. You won't be disappointed.
Mahalo for the kind words my friend!
I’ve been putting some serious time behind this and liking it more and more.
Was considering the manticore pad, you just gave me the extra push ✊🏾. Order placed 🤙🏾
Alriiiiiiiiiiight! Cheehu as always my breeda! that baby sounds CHERREH. Ever since playing Halo I always wanted a bullpup rifle. something about reloading behind the trigger just seems right!!
KEEP IT UP BRETHREN!
Mahalo my friend🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I REALLY like it so far, it’s very very different and I’m going to need a ton of practice but I’ve been shooting almost every day with it and getting better slowly by slowly. The deep review I’ll do on this should be a lot better and hopefully I’ll have more insight on this firearm
It’s cold outside: I decided to wear no shirt. Welcome to the gun show. Oh, wait, this is about the Tavor. I think.🤣😂
Great video. Keep it up 👍🏽
Thank you my friend! Have a wonderful week🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
I'm a lefty too and after watching this video I'm going to practice right handed. please make a video on left hand conversion if you get the left hand bolt.
Aloha nō! Sorry for the late reply, lots going on this side of the world for me! I will definitely get a video out once I get that left handed bolt🤙🏾
I think it’s an invaluable skill to be able to run your firearms ambidextrously. I think it might be a little easier to cross over for us lefties as we live in this right handed world and often have to do things on the other side.
I’m going to do a video on being a cross dominant shooter and also left handed manipulations, if you have any input as a lefty, I’d love to hear it!
Just buy the lefty version...I did and I love it
Problem is right now it’s harder to find a lefty than a righty.
Great video! Did you end up eating a lot of brass from every round? It appears that you have the shell deflector, so I was curious if it does it's intended job.
Mahalo for the kind words!🙏🏽🤙🏾
Good eye! I did install a different brass deflector which helps a ton; I get a little kiss every so often but I don’t notice it at all.
The only time it’s noticeable is if I’m shooting under a car or barricade with the ejector facing upwards, at times the brass will fall back into the chamber and I have to clear the malfunction.
I’ll go into addressing that (and some other things) when I drop the longer review🤙🏾
@@PeaK808 Thanks for the reply, and awesome news, I'm looking forward to it! I just picked up another X95 after having sold my SAR's a few years ago. This video was a fun one to watch due to seeing you actually shoot it so much. Keep up the good work, and take care!
my wife is a lefty too, i have the first gen tavor and really like it and accurate. i like that chest rig too, what brand?...the rock would have to take a back seat to your arms.
Lol it’s a trick if the light, they’re really just threads hanging off my shirt😂
It’s a Spartan armor systems plate carrier
I haven’t shot the SAR, but I’ve heard really good things, which is why I jumped at the opportunity to test out this X95
My uncle just bought a T7, so stay tuned for that video, should be fun lol
The X-95 is ambidextrous, you can change it to be left handed......check out the manual. This is also the IDF's battle rifle now. Nice review.
Aloha nō my friend! Thanks for the pro tip and the kind words! I first thought that the X95 was ambidextrous out of the box, but you actually need to get a left handed bolt to flip the ejection to the other side. As of right now they’re unavailable, but I’m going to scoop one up as soon as I can!
Hope you have a great week and thank you very much for watching🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
Regular 556 or 223 ammo? Or didferent to break in?
Nice! Where did you get the brass deflector? When I shot mine leftie the first time, I didn't keep my face far enough back, and ejected cases nicked my chin. I've since moved further back. As you say, if things got real it's not important, but it is a distraction otherwise.
The brass deflector comes from bullpup armory; it’s the brass deflector for the 300 blackout. I’d highly suggest this one over the 5.56 deflector as it works much better at sending the brass downwards.
Mahalo for checking out my video!🤙🏾
@@PeaK808 Thanks! Sadly, Bullpup Armory stopped making them; I hoped you had found another source.
@@petesheppard1709 no way! I got mine a while ago. I’ll ask some of my mentor instructors,gun people, and look around. I’ll get back to you in a couple days🤙🏾
@@PeaK808 Please! If the deflector is available, I'll be on it in a hot minute!
I contacted the guy who runs Bullpup Armory fairly recently. He said he had discontinued them for lack of interest, but would consider restarting.
@@petesheppard1709 Aloha Pete, I’ll keep an eye out but after scouring the internet and asking people personally I literally have not found ONE of these deflectors anywhere, not even on forums or auction sites… I’m sad to hear BA discontinued production but I hope they become available again as this simple piece of equipment does make a big difference to left handed shooters of the X95 platform who cannot find a left handed bolt to convert the ejection to the other side.
You don't need the left ejection bolt to change over the charging handle. Move it to the right side so you don't have to take your strong hand off the rifle.
Aloha nō!
Thanks for the pro tip! I’m still working on getting my deep-dive review on the X95 done, but I’ve been putting in a TON of range time with it, learning how it operates, it’s little quirks and everything else.
As an instructor and someone who takes every opportunity I’m presented to introduce shooting and firearms to new people, I always leave my firearms set up for right handed users, even though I am primarily left handed when shooting long guns.
The reason being the vast majority of students I get to instruct, or people I am able to shoot with are right handed, and I want to make the activity as easy and fun for them as possible.
How long have you had your X95? I tried to flip my CH to see if maybe I could run two simultaneously, but my bolt wouldn’t move all the way backward when I had the CH on the right side of the firearm; I then assumed it was because the bolt was right eject only.
Is there something I missed? Any help would be greatly appreciated, just to make me better and expand my knowledge.
Have a great weekend and thanks again🤙🏾
@@PeaK808 Aloha back! I've had my X95, chambered in 5.56, for 3 years. I like how I can have a rifle smaller than most pistol builds and SBRs and not get wrapped up in tax stamps or other hassles, like braces. I'm not a pro, I kinda just know what I know from being around other shooters. Regarding the idea of 2 CH on the X95, I called the resident experts over at Copper Custom, Tim over at the Military Arms Channel - MAC, owns that business and they do my smithing on Tavors. When their smith gets in on Monday, I will have an answer. Good video.
Cool rifle, what pants are those?
Mahalo! These boujee bad boys are from Crye Precision. I find getting the most tacticool equipment gives me XP boost when I train.
I just got mine (x95 and ts12) and I would love to see you doing some training or lesson suggestions for both the x95 and the ts12. Thank you
I would love to make a few videos covering this for you! Anything specific you would like detailed?
@@PeaK808 honestly I would love anything practical but you got this dude! How do we support your channel or do you have any social media besides youtube?
@@kmurph64 🙏🏽
I do have an Instagram @paakaula_ and Facebook as well... I’m looking into getting a patreon started or something, because I REALLY want to be able to give back and do giveaways and stuff like that. I really hope that I can grow this channel into a space where the community can gather and share info, interact, talk story, support one another in sharing knowledge and stuff like that.
I’ll get a couple vids out soon regarding training/drills/ perspective and theory on use with both the X95 and TS12 based on my experience with them 🤙🏾
@@PeaK808 awesome and you got this brotha
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
Im trying to be patient but still haven’t seen the in-depth review. What are you waiting for. Nah nah. Way cool
Hey Peak808, I have a question for You on these X-95's, PLEASE. I missed up I guess and I had my X-95 was Cocked and I didn't notice it. It was empty. What I did was open up the butt stock to install a new item I got from Metacore Arms.The weapon was "COCKED" and I DIDN'T check it I opened up the Butt Pad and I noticed the Pressure was extra heavy when I was trying to hold the butt pad. Now I can't get it (the Firing mechizime) back in the butt of the X-95. I'm at a stand still and I've scratched the rest of my hair on my 0l' head....Any help would be really Appreicated. And, here is a Great Big Thank You for any help👍
Aloha e my friend! Sorry to hear you ran into some problems it’s always a drag! But no worry, we’ll figure this out🤙🏾
Okay, so, I’ve had something like this happen to me before, if you open the buttpad and look inside, is the reason you cannot push your bolt assembly back in place because the hammer has dropped and is now in the way?
@@PeaK808 No, I had taken the Trigger Pack out. It acts like the Bolt system is Cocked??????
0K I can really apply some force and it will go back in BUT, it won't fire when I pull the trigger at all?????
@@DannyWalker1949 okay, so!
If I’m visualizing this correctly, your buttpad is open, your trigger pack is removed, and so is your bolt.
Nothing will go back inside. Correct?
@@DannyWalker1949 your trigger won’t break and is just mushy or like it’s frozen?
I am in LA right now I go home to Hawai’i tomorrow evening. I will break open my X95 and take a crack at getting it to do the same thing yours is doing now; once I can look at it and such I’m certain We’ll be able to figure it out🤙🏾
I apologize for not being able to be more helpful at the moment.
Bruh you can change the ejection port to the other side. It was designed to be ambidextrous. Thank me later
My man! Thanks for the info, but the X95 is similar to the TS12 in that In order for you to switch the side it ejects to, you need a left handed bolt which doesn’t come with the firearm upon purchase.
Even though I’m a left handed long gunner, I keep my firearms set up for right handed operations as
1.) most students or friends will be right handed
2.). I am more likely to encounter a right handed firearm in the wild than I am a left handed one so I figure I should be learning how to run things that way.
I was going to talk about this in the deep review but should have mentioned it here..
I’ll still be picking one up when they become available so I can show how to do the conversion, if you know where I can find one please let me know!
Thank you🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
@@PeaK808 have you tried contacting IWI directly ?
@@jadtawil6864 I have; they are all out of left handed bolts but will notify me when they’re back in stock.
They were really good I responding and gave me a list of contacts to call who were licensed IWI armorers. I went down the list and everyone is out of bolts 😭
You know you cab switch it over to the other side eject right ?
You’re right! The X95 can be converted to left hand ejection. However, I didn’t do this with mine as it requires the purchase of a left handed bolt, and right now they are all out of stock.
The X95 isn’t as completely ambidextrous like how the Tavor 7 is; the T7 can be switched completely over to left handed configuration on the fly and out of the box, the X95 needs a little extra help🤙🏾
Stll loving it though, and shooting it left handed in its right hand configuration hasn’t been an issue
@@PeaK808
Honestly i wanna see an X95 V2 that has the quick change ejection from the T7, gas regulator, the original mag release from the SAR as secondary release in case the button release malfunctions, and L notch in the charging handle cut out to lock the bolt that way,. That would be my dream rifle
@@taxedtwodeath2887 I 1 million percent agree with you.
So kind of secret on the DL I have a T7 I haven’t shown on the channel yet because I want to close up shop on my TS12 and X95 vids first before I press on with in depth content of something new.
When I first started messing with the T7, I immediately felt like it was the hotter older sister with a better personality to the X95. EVERYTHING about it is just better, with all of those features you expressed PLUS short throw ambidextrous safety and short stroke piston system.
If only IWI had a T7 variant in 5.56....
I also like the mag release on the SAR 21, but the AR style one on the existing X95 is alright, albeit not in the same position as an AR and, depending on what magazines you use, they don’t drop free on their own.
In the future I’d like to try out the MDRX. Have you had any experience with those?
@@PeaK808 I have only shot the X95. Personally the MDRX has a lot of desirable features that should be brought over to the X95. The SAR mag release actually fixes the issue if the X95 gets to muddy it can stop the bar that actuates the mag release and having both would give you an ergonomic option and a release built right into the mag well. I expect in the next decade we will see a new series of tavor from the ground up to make the barrel full free floating and an overallore reliable system instead of just an updated Tavor X95 V2 they mentioned needing to go ground up after the T7 couldn't get the 1MOA they were hoping for due to critical design philosophy of the rifle.