A complete walkthrough on how to clean the IWI TS12 for new owners AND new shooters. #TS12 #bullpupshotgun Help support the channel on Patreon! / peak808
🙏🏽 Will do! I will have much more content coming out for new members of the firearm community🤙🏾 If you ever have a question about anything you’d like me to make a video explaining the answer to, please let me know! Have a great weekend🤙🏾
Awesome. I just got a TS12 and am doing research before I break it in. There are various courses within a few hours drive, so I'm also looking into those.
Mahalo my friend! 14 months??? I hope yesterday was the day! Lol and if not, I hope things are able to work out in a way that you can finally get out there! Keep me posted✊🏾
@@jonathanakaplan I’m really, really glad to hear you had a…..blast Lol and I’m really excited for you! I’ve almost got 8k rounds down the pipe and every time I go out to the range I’m just as happy and excited as the first time Keep in touch my friend, happy holidays and happy new year!🤙🏾
Excellent video, thanks! Got my Tavor TS12 recently and as I was going through the manual, found a warning on which chokes are recommended and which could cause damage/injury with using slugs... plus void the warranty. Made a short vid about it with pages from manual. Have you found any issues with shooting slugs? Again, it's your fault I bought this one and I appreciate it :)
Lol I’m known to be a vector for the spread of chronic pewpewitis Using an improved cylinder choke, I haven’t experienced any problems whatsoever in shooting slugs, and I’ve gone through many many different kinds. Sorry for the late reply, have a great weekend🤙🏾
@@PeaK808 New to shooting the TS 12. Appreciate your video on cleaning this Peak 808 ! The local indoor range requires I shoot slugs. So the 1st range day shooting Sauk rifled slugs 1 1/8 oz @ 1394 fps. Shot 90 of these rounds & really a lot of smoke emitted from these slugs. So I got home to clean it & found the gas cylinder piston was completely seized. Took off the retainer on the gas cylinder & big chunks of lead fell out ! The cylinder piston was completely stuck in place by lead deposits. Was not sure how to proceed with getting all this lead out of the cylinder so I sent it back to IWI in PA. The Gunsmith @ IWI said to use a lead " softener " / then a cleaning brush chucked in a cordless drill to clean out the cylinder. I think a penetrating oil to loosen that lead was used to start the process. So I was amazed all the lead could end up going into the gas chamber but THAT was what happened in my TS 12 shooting slugs. I think a cleaning after about 20 shots with these slugs is all I'll do next range day. I took pictures & documented everything so its on file.
Question. Where exactly do you apply the lube? I'm sure it's a simple question but I just got mine and it's currently disassembled. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't putting lube in the wrong places and I hadn't seen a video specifically touch on it. Thanks!
Aloha e my friend! So sorry for the late reply! I’ve been asked this a few times and will be making a video covering this soon. In the meantime, I’ll try to help you out the best I can from here. I’m one of those guys who doesn’t like to run my guns wet. I believe that it gives more opportunities for dirt, debris, and fouling to stick to and accumulate. When you field strip your TS12, there is an action bar the bolt rides on. I put a few drops of oil along this bar, as well as one to two drops of oil on the bolt itself. And that’s it!
@@PeaK808 I absolutely thank you for the help! When I get a new gun I am like a toddler and like to ask a lot of questions to make sure I got it right. I did oil my bolt and the "rail" it sits on. I did rub the oil on it which I guess was bad for the bolt and I should have just dropped some oil where the "screws" were. I heard some say they oiled the carrier and other parts when they were breaking in if it wasn't working. I didn't mess with that as I didn't want to do too much. Definitely looking forward to your video! You do a great service for this amazing gun. Thanks!
Please make a video about the trigger group. I messes up and tried disassembling for cleaning and now I can't reassemble it do to a spring going flying. I also have another random small spring that I just found and have no idea where it came from.
Aloha (hello) my hoaloha (friend) e kala mai i’au (I’m sorry) I’m working on ka mea (it) it’s tricky no ka mea (because) this is how I speak in real life and I need to consciously tone it down for videos. 😂😂😂😂
Hello brother 👋 when I was cleaning my ts12 for the first time after shooting it for the first time, I noticed a little piece of metal when I removed the receiver. Turns out it's a piece of the bushing that goes to the trigger group where the pins go through.. contacted iwi and about to send it back for a repair.. Said those bushings weren't available for the user to install so back to iwi!
Aloha nō my friend! In this video it’s an EOTech EXPS 2, though I’ve been playing with the Primary Arms cyclops 1x with their ACSS reticle and am heavily considering a permanent change
Aloha Brother! Love your videos!! Question, I’ve thoroughly cleaned my TS12, but still have one problem, my magazine locking lever always gets stuck, iwi said to use my fire finger and middle finger too knuckle to press the center, but it’s still an effort. I’m shooting it for the first time in July, and was hoping to break it in so I can use it with one finger like you do in your videos. Any advice on how to fix this. Mahalo!!
Aloha nō my friend! I’m sorry to hear you’re having this issue, but you’re definitely not the first. My TS12 didn’t have any problems with the mag release but a few of the other subscribers on the channel did, as well as my uncle who went out and purchased one after seeing a couple of my videos. It’s a bummer to go through the hassle, but it’s a pretty simple fix. Sometimes there can be build up on the button itself OUTSIDE of the frame which can be easily hit with a small, fine file. If that’s not the case, disassemble your TS12 (I have a video on that if you need a reference) and once you have everything exposed, check out the mag catch to see where it is rubbing on the frame and hanging up. Hit it with that file little by little until it moves smoothly. I hope this helps🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾 let me know how it goes or if you need anything I might be able to help with.
Aloha!! Thanks for the advice. I kept filing spots I though we’re sticking, about an hour of filing!😅 after filing everywhere I could see that looked like it sticks, I found the area, however, I need to take the trigger off. I know you said it was easy, and just pop it off, but I can’t figure it out! Do I pull the pin out with pliers? Mahalo!!!
@@kkevlar88 I hope this helps. I’ll leave this up for a couple days, but I’m going to take it down and do a better job when I have more time. Let me know if I can help you with anything else🤙🏾 th-cam.com/video/oFNOazvhaF8/w-d-xo.html
My man! The mag tube assembly is polymer. If you haven’t seen the video I made on completely breaking it down, check it out to get a better look at the mag tube.
@@PeaK808 Your breakdown video is how I found your channel since TH-cam recommended it. I was really hoping the inside had a thin metal lining like a Glock magazine but it probably doesn't need it and I'm worrying about nothing. I'm trying to get one or two more "fun guns" before the state I call home lays down the ban-hammer. Right now, I'm attempting to decide between the Tavor TS12 or the KUSA KS-12 for a shotgun. Thanks for replying, it's much appreciated.
@@Steamrunner right on! I was a little taken a back when I saw the magazines were completely polymer as I also expected for them to be made with some type of metal liner in them as well. Ive been through over 1600 shells (I’ve been working on that video for a while, but I promise it’s coming) and no issues with the tubes or followers so far. It is a bit of a drag in my mind that the tubes can’t be disassembled for cleaning, but I’ll cross that bridges when I come to it. Sorry, I personally haven’t figured out a way to disassemble the tubes, it may be possible, but in the time I’ve had mine I haven’t been able to figure them out. I’m not a huge fan of mag fed shotguns, but the KS12 definitely LOOKS super cool, and it is a lot of fun to shoot, I think it comes down to what you’re looking for as the KS12 has that control familiarity of the AK if you’re coming from that platform already, while the TS12 is very intuitive, but is very, very unique. Best of luck my friend! I’d like to know what you scoop up in the end, but I think either way you go, you’ll have a winner!🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
@@PeaK808 I'm most familiar with the AR pattern of rifles since I have used them longer, but I am finding I enjoy my Zpap 92 more than any AR rifle/pistol I own (I also enjoy my 590 Shockwave more than pump shotgun I own). You might be the first channel I've come across who has put more than a hundred or so shot shells through their TS12, and shown where to really focus when cleaning. I'm glad TH-cam recommended me a channel that wasn't another T&E review. I'll be looking forward to your next review.
@@Steamrunner I would love to get behind an AK pistol just for fun, unfortunately in Hawai’i, SBRs and “assault pistols” aren’t legal. Next time I go to the mainland I’ll find a range with one to rent. Mahalo for the kind words my friend, I hope you have a great week and I’ll hopefully have that long review for the TS12 out soon, I just want to make sure I do it right🤙🏾
Ok shot 23 rounds through it 24th round ended up under the feed ramp. The bolt can't go forward to pull the butt off have you had this happen? Used 00 buck and slugs.
Aloha e my friend! Sorry to hear this happened to you. What type of ammunition were you running? To answer your question, yes I have had this happen to me when running some RIO buckshot. If I’m understanding you correctly, your active tube dropped a shell while your lifter was up correct? It only ever happened to me with that particular (3 boxes) of ammunition. Were you able to remedy this malfunction? You can still field strip your TS12 with the bolt locked back, if for whatever reason you cannot lock it back, it might take some awkward maneuvering, but it can still be done🤙🏾
Aloha nō! As long as I run ammunition that is to specifications (1200fps and 1 1/8 oz) and keep the firearm well maintained, it has been totally reliable. I am nearing the 2k round count and all is well🤙🏾 BUT, if you’re not into maintaining your firearms regularly, this isn’t the one for you. IN MY EXPERIENCE, the gas cylinder needs to be cleaned every 400 rounds or so. It gets very dirty and eventually will lead the FTEs if you don’t clean it well. It is a simple process, but a process nonetheless.
@@PeaK808 Good info to know Peak 808. Mine is at the FFL just waiting for my background check to clear guess they must be really busy during the Christmas / New Year holidays. Went with OD Green. Got 3 things from Manticore Arms for it 1) Curved Buttpad , 2) Muzzle Brake , 3) Knurled charging handle then a Red Dot sight from Burris. Happy Holidays !
You are man of your word! Thank you! It was much needed video for all new owners of TS12. Keep coming with more good stuff.
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Will do! I will have much more content coming out for new members of the firearm community🤙🏾
If you ever have a question about anything you’d like me to make a video explaining the answer to, please let me know! Have a great weekend🤙🏾
CHEEEEEEEEHU AS ALWAYS BREEEEDRIN
keep it up bro killer content!
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 mahalo nui e ka hoa
Awesome. I just got a TS12 and am doing research before I break it in. There are various courses within a few hours drive, so I'm also looking into those.
Thank you. My TS12 is the favorite in my safe. So much fun to shoot.
Isn’t it???😁😁😁😁
Every time I pick up mine I almost get the same feeling as when I first held my daughter when she was born
I love this firearm and cleaning and disassembly would've never been as easy as it was without your videos. So thanks a ton. Happy shooting.
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Mahalo for the kind words, and I’m glad that one of my videos was helpful to you.
Have a great week🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾 mālama pono
I’ve got my eye on one of these at the moment and as soon as I get the money I’m adopting it to be apart of my family 😊
Right on my friend! You won’t regret it!
Great follow up to your other video! Still haven' t gotten to fire mine yet since I got it 14 months ago, hopeful tomorrow might be the day!
Mahalo my friend! 14 months??? I hope yesterday was the day! Lol and if not, I hope things are able to work out in a way that you can finally get out there! Keep me posted✊🏾
@@PeaK808 Finally got to fire it about 2 weeks ago. This thing is amazing. If I had one weapon in a last stand situation, this would be the one.
@@jonathanakaplan I’m really, really glad to hear you had a…..blast
Lol and I’m really excited for you! I’ve almost got 8k rounds down the pipe and every time I go out to the range I’m just as happy and excited as the first time
Keep in touch my friend, happy holidays and happy new year!🤙🏾
Oh man we need to get you some Nitrile gloves. Those crinkly garbage bags are killin me. lol. :)
Thanks for the video. Very well laid out.
Great video, thanks for posting.
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 have a great weekend!
Great video! Thanks for detailed steps and explanations! Keep it up!
What type of Shotgun choke is that❓
Carlson’s Tactical Breacher Choke 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
@@PeaK808 THANKS❗️🙏
@@malignustotalis331 🤙🏾🤙🏾✊🏾 have a great weekend
Yeah. This should get a lot of views in time 👍🏼
🙏🏽 mahalo for the kind words and vote of confidence lol
Have a great weekend! Aloha nui🤙🏾🤙🏾
thanks for the vid. i still havent cleaned the gas block/gas port
Most excellent.
Appreciate you my guy
🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾 easy my friend
Have a great weekend✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Thank you very much!!
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Glad I could be helpful! Let me know if you have any questions you’d like me to answer with a video or anything. Have a great weekend!
Good video - very informative.
Hey bro., just picked up my new TS12. Can you PLEASE tell me where you found that muzzle breach/extension? I can’t find anything like that! - Thanks!
Aloha Randal!
It’s a Carlson’s Tactical Breacher choke
Check out choketube.com
Have a great weekend🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
Excellent video, thanks! Got my Tavor TS12 recently and as I was going through the manual, found a warning on which chokes are recommended and which could cause damage/injury with using slugs... plus void the warranty. Made a short vid about it with pages from manual. Have you found any issues with shooting slugs? Again, it's your fault I bought this one and I appreciate it :)
Lol I’m known to be a vector for the spread of chronic pewpewitis
Using an improved cylinder choke, I haven’t experienced any problems whatsoever in shooting slugs, and I’ve gone through many many different kinds.
Sorry for the late reply, have a great weekend🤙🏾
@@PeaK808 New to shooting the TS 12. Appreciate your video on cleaning this Peak 808 ! The local indoor range requires I shoot slugs. So the 1st range day shooting Sauk rifled slugs 1 1/8 oz @ 1394 fps. Shot 90 of these rounds & really a lot of smoke emitted from these slugs. So I got home to clean it & found the gas cylinder piston was completely seized. Took off the retainer on the gas cylinder & big chunks of lead fell out ! The cylinder piston was completely stuck in place by lead deposits. Was not sure how to proceed with getting all this lead out of the cylinder so I sent it back to IWI in PA. The Gunsmith @ IWI said to use a lead " softener " / then a cleaning brush chucked in a cordless drill to clean out the cylinder. I think a penetrating oil to loosen that lead was used to start the process. So I was amazed all the lead could end up going into the gas chamber but THAT was what happened in my TS 12 shooting slugs. I think a cleaning after about 20 shots with these slugs is all I'll do next range day. I took pictures & documented everything so its on file.
what choke are you running bro?
nice video
My man! It’s a Tactical Breacher Choke from Carlson’s
Question. Where exactly do you apply the lube?
I'm sure it's a simple question but I just got mine and it's currently disassembled. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't putting lube in the wrong places and I hadn't seen a video specifically touch on it.
Thanks!
Aloha e my friend! So sorry for the late reply!
I’ve been asked this a few times and will be making a video covering this soon. In the meantime, I’ll try to help you out the best I can from here.
I’m one of those guys who doesn’t like to run my guns wet. I believe that it gives more opportunities for dirt, debris, and fouling to stick to and accumulate.
When you field strip your TS12, there is an action bar the bolt rides on. I put a few drops of oil along this bar, as well as one to two drops of oil on the bolt itself.
And that’s it!
@@PeaK808 I absolutely thank you for the help! When I get a new gun I am like a toddler and like to ask a lot of questions to make sure I got it right.
I did oil my bolt and the "rail" it sits on. I did rub the oil on it which I guess was bad for the bolt and I should have just dropped some oil where the "screws" were.
I heard some say they oiled the carrier and other parts when they were breaking in if it wasn't working. I didn't mess with that as I didn't want to do too much.
Definitely looking forward to your video! You do a great service for this amazing gun.
Thanks!
Thank you.
Mahalo for checking out my video, I hope you have a great week my friend🙏🏽🤙🏾
Please make a video about the trigger group. I messes up and tried disassembling for cleaning and now I can't reassemble it do to a spring going flying. I also have another random small spring that I just found and have no idea where it came from.
Bro stop mixing your English with Hawaiian lmaoooo great video
Aloha (hello) my hoaloha (friend) e kala mai i’au (I’m sorry) I’m working on ka mea (it) it’s tricky no ka mea (because) this is how I speak in real life and I need to consciously tone it down for videos. 😂😂😂😂
Hello brother 👋 when I was cleaning my ts12 for the first time after shooting it for the first time, I noticed a little piece of metal when I removed the receiver. Turns out it's a piece of the bushing that goes to the trigger group where the pins go through.. contacted iwi and about to send it back for a repair.. Said those bushings weren't available for the user to install so back to iwi!
What a bummer! But I happy to hear they’re taking care of you🤙🏾🙏🏽
Cuz, how come you don't use a bore snake?
So sorry for the late reply! I loan a lot of things out… and a lot of times, those things don’t find their way back home
what sight do you have on your ts12?
Aloha nō my friend!
In this video it’s an EOTech EXPS 2, though I’ve been playing with the Primary Arms cyclops 1x with their ACSS reticle and am heavily considering a permanent change
Aloha Brother! Love your videos!! Question, I’ve thoroughly cleaned my TS12, but still have one problem, my magazine locking lever always gets stuck, iwi said to use my fire finger and middle finger too knuckle to press the center, but it’s still an effort. I’m shooting it for the first time in July, and was hoping to break it in so I can use it with one finger like you do in your videos. Any advice on how to fix this. Mahalo!!
Aloha nō my friend! I’m sorry to hear you’re having this issue, but you’re definitely not the first. My TS12 didn’t have any problems with the mag release but a few of the other subscribers on the channel did, as well as my uncle who went out and purchased one after seeing a couple of my videos.
It’s a bummer to go through the hassle, but it’s a pretty simple fix. Sometimes there can be build up on the button itself OUTSIDE of the frame which can be easily hit with a small, fine file.
If that’s not the case, disassemble your TS12 (I have a video on that if you need a reference) and once you have everything exposed, check out the mag catch to see where it is rubbing on the frame and hanging up. Hit it with that file little by little until it moves smoothly.
I hope this helps🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾 let me know how it goes or if you need anything I might be able to help with.
Aloha!! Thanks for the advice. I kept filing spots I though we’re sticking, about an hour of filing!😅 after filing everywhere I could see that looked like it sticks, I found the area, however, I need to take the trigger off. I know you said it was easy, and just pop it off, but I can’t figure it out! Do I pull the pin out with pliers? Mahalo!!!
@@kkevlar88 I hope this helps. I’ll leave this up for a couple days, but I’m going to take it down and do a better job when I have more time.
Let me know if I can help you with anything else🤙🏾
th-cam.com/video/oFNOazvhaF8/w-d-xo.html
@@PeaK808 A big Mahalo!! You are awesome!!
@@kkevlar88 ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
Are the magazines on the TS12 pure polymer or is there a metal lining? I keep eying one when they pop up online but can't find one local to look at.
My man! The mag tube assembly is polymer. If you haven’t seen the video I made on completely breaking it down, check it out to get a better look at the mag tube.
@@PeaK808 Your breakdown video is how I found your channel since TH-cam recommended it. I was really hoping the inside had a thin metal lining like a Glock magazine but it probably doesn't need it and I'm worrying about nothing. I'm trying to get one or two more "fun guns" before the state I call home lays down the ban-hammer. Right now, I'm attempting to decide between the Tavor TS12 or the KUSA KS-12 for a shotgun. Thanks for replying, it's much appreciated.
@@Steamrunner right on!
I was a little taken a back when I saw the magazines were completely polymer as I also expected for them to be made with some type of metal liner in them as well. Ive been through over 1600 shells (I’ve been working on that video for a while, but I promise it’s coming) and no issues with the tubes or followers so far.
It is a bit of a drag in my mind that the tubes can’t be disassembled for cleaning, but I’ll cross that bridges when I come to it. Sorry, I personally haven’t figured out a way to disassemble the tubes, it may be possible, but in the time I’ve had mine I haven’t been able to figure them out.
I’m not a huge fan of mag fed shotguns, but the KS12 definitely LOOKS super cool, and it is a lot of fun to shoot, I think it comes down to what you’re looking for as the KS12 has that control familiarity of the AK if you’re coming from that platform already, while the TS12 is very intuitive, but is very, very unique.
Best of luck my friend! I’d like to know what you scoop up in the end, but I think either way you go, you’ll have a winner!🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
@@PeaK808 I'm most familiar with the AR pattern of rifles since I have used them longer, but I am finding I enjoy my Zpap 92 more than any AR rifle/pistol I own (I also enjoy my 590 Shockwave more than pump shotgun I own).
You might be the first channel I've come across who has put more than a hundred or so shot shells through their TS12, and shown where to really focus when cleaning. I'm glad TH-cam recommended me a channel that wasn't another T&E review. I'll be looking forward to your next review.
@@Steamrunner I would love to get behind an AK pistol just for fun, unfortunately in Hawai’i, SBRs and “assault pistols” aren’t legal. Next time I go to the mainland I’ll find a range with one to rent.
Mahalo for the kind words my friend, I hope you have a great week and I’ll hopefully have that long review for the TS12 out soon, I just want to make sure I do it right🤙🏾
Ok shot 23 rounds through it 24th round ended up under the feed ramp. The bolt can't go forward to pull the butt off have you had this happen? Used 00 buck and slugs.
Aloha e my friend!
Sorry to hear this happened to you. What type of ammunition were you running?
To answer your question, yes I have had this happen to me when running some RIO buckshot. If I’m understanding you correctly, your active tube dropped a shell while your lifter was up correct?
It only ever happened to me with that particular (3 boxes) of ammunition.
Were you able to remedy this malfunction?
You can still field strip your TS12 with the bolt locked back, if for whatever reason you cannot lock it back, it might take some awkward maneuvering, but it can still be done🤙🏾
@@PeaK808 ok I will try locking it back, its definitely not going forward. So locking it back i can still take it apart in sequence?
@@mattlord2906 yes sir that is correct!
Please keep me updated🙏🏽🤙🏾
@@PeaK808 will do, thanks
@@PeaK808 well took it out of the case and it won't lock back. So just rip apart and hope for the best?
How the reliability been
Aloha nō!
As long as I run ammunition that is to specifications (1200fps and 1 1/8 oz) and keep the firearm well maintained, it has been totally reliable.
I am nearing the 2k round count and all is well🤙🏾
BUT, if you’re not into maintaining your firearms regularly, this isn’t the one for you. IN MY EXPERIENCE, the gas cylinder needs to be cleaned every 400 rounds or so. It gets very dirty and eventually will lead the FTEs if you don’t clean it well.
It is a simple process, but a process nonetheless.
@@PeaK808 good to hear I just bought one. Hopefully it gets here next week.
@@PeaK808 Good info to know Peak 808. Mine is at the FFL just waiting for my background check to clear guess they must be really busy during the Christmas / New Year holidays. Went with OD Green. Got 3 things from Manticore Arms for it 1) Curved Buttpad , 2) Muzzle Brake , 3) Knurled charging handle then a Red Dot sight from Burris. Happy Holidays !
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