TAAS Reveals New Handgun, Rifle

Jerusalem Post ^ | 30 May 2002 | Arieh O'Sullivan

[fella]

I really like the Jericho with thepre-ban clips, can't wait to see this new Barak.

[in the Arena]

"This is how those crazy Americans like to walk around, so we added that feature," said Eitan Shimi, the designer of the pistol. "

I'm proud and insulted by that statement...Crazy America ? Hell yeah... Hammer down ? Hell no... This crazy American doesn't go off half cocked...Condition One baby...

[lavaroise]

AMP Technical Services' DSR-No.1 Rifle

"The most sophisticated and technologically advanced tactical precision rifle in the world" California Legal

[Joe Brower]

Well, it looks like Tripod gotcha again with those bandwidth limitations! $;-)

Here's a couple pix of the TAR-21 that I got off the IDF's SpecOps site. The good news for us here in America is that Barrett in Tennessee, the makers of the awesome M82A1 .50 cal, is currently undergoing manufacturing and cost studies on producing this rifle right here. They had a nonfunctional proto at the SHOT show earlier this year, and hope to have some working models for demo at the upcoming Black Rifle convention in Illinois this summer. Stay tuned!

[philman_36]

Man! Everything has a right port eject. Us left handed shooters never catch a break...(trying hard not to flinch from casings zinging by in close proximity to my head/eyes)
Oh well, I'll keep on keeping on.

[ijcr]

It is reversible for a leftie,the ejection port cover just gets moved to the right slot.

[philman_36]

Ahhhh, I see it now. It looked affixed. Kudos to the designers and thanks for pointing that out to me.

[philman_36]

I'd really like to see someone design something that would hold several rounds in the weapon while the clip was being changed. That would be one bad to the bone weapon.
It could be reloaded while still retaining the ability to fire!

[fourdeuce82d]

Condition One baby

Beat me to it...*grin*

Beyond speed into action, I believe a hot gun is safer than an "unloaded" gun. I'm sure most of us would handle an "empty" gun safely, i.e. not sweeping those around us with the muzzle, etc.. But I'm sure if I take a 1911, load a magaine, chamber a round, and hand it around, our level of attention & caution will go up a notch or two.

Knowing a gun is loaded makes us pay a little bit more attention...

[Shooter 2.5]

Located just adjacent to a secret military base in the center of the country near Nahal Sorek,

This cracks me up. I wonder if there are highway signs to direct you to the secret military base?

[Eugene Tackleberry]

Why does this rifle have a "trigger" guard that encompasses the entire grip? Seems kind of dangerous to me if you're trying to quickly graps the rifle and get to the ready position.

[in the Arena]

Well, it looks like Tripod gotcha again with those bandwidth limitations! $;-)

That's what I get for staying up late...

BTW, where's the charging handle on this weapon ?

[Joe Brower]

where's the charging handle on this weapon ?

Up front on the left side. It looks like the front site. Pretty funky, eh?

I want one!

[in the Arena]

Me too...

[eyes_only]

Everyone is born right-handed, but only a few of us have been able to overcome this anomaly... HE! HE!

[Walkin Man]

Hey those are some bad lookin weapons! Are they 9mm?

[archy]

Well, it looks like Tripod gotcha again with those bandwidth limitations! $;-)

Here's a couple pix of the TAR-21 that I got off the IDF's SpecOps site. The good news for us here in America is that Barrett in Tennessee, the makers of the awesome M82A1 .50 cal, is currently undergoing manufacturing and cost studies on producing this rifle right here. They had a nonfunctional proto at the SHOT show earlier this year, and hope to have some working models for demo at the upcoming Black Rifle convention in Illinois this summer. Stay tuned!

Joe, my understanding is that the Barrett/Tavor is more akin nternally to the Israeli Magul police carbine or the earlier Galil, already approved as a civilian-legal semiauto design. That may have just been the case with the prototypes for the show to demonstrate the configuration and layout, but in any event the version displayed by Angie Barrett at the show was quite different from the Tavor rifles under consideration for adoption in the former Yugoslavian Bosnian republic and Turkey.

Like you say, we'll see what turns up at the *Black rifle shootoff*...and elsewhere....

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[archy]

Hey those are some bad lookin weapons! Are they 9mm?"

No. They're chambered for the .223 Remington, or 5,56x45mm, as it's known in military circles.

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