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Probably because of the materials used, and the bolt carrier configurations.
Add in the desire to have a front, non-recipricating charging handle, and Viola'. You now have a mechanical offset that rivals a carry handle mounted scope. |
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Quoted: Good, I'd prefer IWI to dominate HK and their antiquated/complex/expensive/not for you civilians designs. That said, I also recognize that I may be alone in that opinion. View Quote Not alone, at least two of us now. IWI can make quality guns and lower prices and better support than HK could only dream about. HK just does not need the .CiV market and it shows. |
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Quoted: Not alone, at least two of us now. IWI can make quality guns and lower prices and better support than HK could only dream about. HK just does not need the .CiV market and it shows. View Quote Make that three. I refuse to buy any more HK weapons just because my checking account taps out after I'm done paying for it (Say nothing of my better half when I hint at how much I paid for it). Are you paying attention IWI? |
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Probably not going to hear much about it until at or around SHOT '23, I'd wager.
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Quoted: Only on ARFCOM would people bitch about an extended Al rail on an imported rifle. Good grief, you people kill me! ![]() Having said that, I’ll take either the original or the extended Al handguard. If the Carmel uses AR triggers, it will be even more awesome. A short stroke piston rifle with a chrome lined CHF barrel, adjustable gas block for suppressed use, and manufactured in Israel will work quite well for me. Would love to see the Arad upper as well. I just wish this would have come out before the SCAR 16 NRCH ![]() Dear IWI: Please make sure you provide spare parts (bolts, firing pins, lower parts) and thread the barrel in 1/2-28. Spare barrels for a 14.5” pin and weld or SBR length would be great as well. https://iwi.net/carmel/ View Quote Exactly what I was thinking! The gun community is like a drunk woman with PMS who just woke up from a dream where you cheated on them ![]() Also, I find it ironic that we are complaining that a 3rd gen based gun isn't remaining exactly the same, you know, because the evolution that resulted in 3rd gen should just stop! Also, now aluminum is bad bad bad, and plastic fantastic is the holy option, you seriously couldn't make this shit up ![]() ![]() |
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"Imported rifle design", is "WHY" i buy imported rifles,,,, for the "imported looks" as much as their take on rifle design ?
Tired of boring half assed "pre import" "Americanized" IMPORTED rifle rail, mag, and pistol grip AND """OPTICS Changes (a big one)"". I WANT THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WITH ALL IT FLAWS OR IMROVEMENTS AND OPTICS !!! "as true to the original as possible" just in semi auto. I mean,, fuck,, NEW AMERICAN COMPANIES are built on trying to make true clones of foreign guns AS WE SPEAK ? DON'T THESE FORIEGN COMPANIES SEE THAT ? BS has been getting ridiculous FOR YEARS.. I want to buy cool imported guns BUT WE BARELY SEE THEM without quick " AMERICAN BASTARDIZATION" before import. Id own a dozen true semi auto versions of TRUE/Correct original imported rifle designs.,,, BUT NOPE,, NOT A ONE of these stupid "Americanized **MUH -M-LOK !!** Hybrids" These companies are wasting money and time CHANGING their designs into things true collectors REALLY DON'T WANT.. When all they had to do was negate the FA features, AND SEND THEM DOWN THE LINE. |
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Quoted: Exactly what I was thinking! The gun community is like a drunk woman with PMS who just woke up from a dream where you cheated on them ![]() Also, I find it ironic that we are complaining that a 3rd gen based gun isn't remaining exactly the same, you know, because the evolution that resulted in 3rd gen should just stop! Also, now aluminum is bad bad bad, and plastic fantastic is the holy option, you seriously couldn't make this shit up ![]() ![]() View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Only on ARFCOM would people bitch about an extended Al rail on an imported rifle. Good grief, you people kill me! ![]() Having said that, I’ll take either the original or the extended Al handguard. If the Carmel uses AR triggers, it will be even more awesome. A short stroke piston rifle with a chrome lined CHF barrel, adjustable gas block for suppressed use, and manufactured in Israel will work quite well for me. Would love to see the Arad upper as well. I just wish this would have come out before the SCAR 16 NRCH ![]() Dear IWI: Please make sure you provide spare parts (bolts, firing pins, lower parts) and thread the barrel in 1/2-28. Spare barrels for a 14.5” pin and weld or SBR length would be great as well. https://iwi.net/carmel/ Exactly what I was thinking! The gun community is like a drunk woman with PMS who just woke up from a dream where you cheated on them ![]() Also, I find it ironic that we are complaining that a 3rd gen based gun isn't remaining exactly the same, you know, because the evolution that resulted in 3rd gen should just stop! Also, now aluminum is bad bad bad, and plastic fantastic is the holy option, you seriously couldn't make this shit up ![]() ![]() I’m with you guys. This “3rd Gen” is the version that I would want. The lower taking AR grips is a huge plus (plus if it takes AR triggers). The new handguard looks more useable and modern for adding accessories. Aluminum > polymer always. I don’t see any downsides. Unless one is just a “collector” and doesn’t care about day to day use. IWI was smart with these updates for the US market. Makes it a more useable rifle. |
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I'm fine with an MLok hg, but the added length past the gas block is excessive. How much hg do you need?
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Quoted: "Imported rifle design", is "WHY" i buy imported rifles,,,, for the "imported looks" as much as their take on rifle design ? Tired of boring half assed "pre import" "Americanized" IMPORTED rifle rail, mag, and pistol grip AND """OPTICS Changes (a big one)"". I WANT THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WITH ALL IT FLAWS OR IMROVEMENTS AND OPTICS !!! "as true to the original as possible" just in semi auto. I mean,, fuck,, NEW AMERICAN COMPANIES are built on trying to make true clones of foreign guns AS WE SPEAK ? DON'T THESE FORIEGN COMPANIES SEE THAT ? BS has been getting ridiculous FOR YEARS.. I want to buy cool imported guns BUT WE BARELY SEE THEM without quick " AMERICAN BASTARDIZATION" before import. Id own a dozen true semi auto versions of TRUE/Correct original imported rifle designs.,,, BUT NOPE,, NOT A ONE of these stupid "Americanized **MUH -M-LOK !!** Hybrids" These companies are wasting money and time CHANGING their designs into things true collectors REALLY DON'T WANT.. When all they had to do was negate the FA features, AND SEND THEM DOWN THE LINE. View Quote Word! Drop the mic! |
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Quoted: "Imported rifle design", is "WHY" i buy imported rifles,,,, for the "imported looks" as much as their take on rifle design ? Tired of boring half assed "pre import" "Americanized" IMPORTED rifle rail, mag, and pistol grip AND """OPTICS Changes (a big one)"". I WANT THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WITH ALL IT FLAWS OR IMROVEMENTS AND OPTICS !!! "as true to the original as possible" just in semi auto. I mean,, fuck,, NEW AMERICAN COMPANIES are built on trying to make true clones of foreign guns AS WE SPEAK ? DON'T THESE FORIEGN COMPANIES SEE THAT ? BS has been getting ridiculous FOR YEARS.. I want to buy cool imported guns BUT WE BARELY SEE THEM without quick " AMERICAN BASTARDIZATION" before import. Id own a dozen true semi auto versions of TRUE/Correct original imported rifle designs.,,, BUT NOPE,, NOT A ONE of these stupid "Americanized **MUH -M-LOK !!** Hybrids" These companies are wasting money and time CHANGING their designs into things true collectors REALLY DON'T WANT.. When all they had to do was negate the FA features, AND SEND THEM DOWN THE LINE. View Quote This |
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Looks like the Beretta ARX and CZ Bren S1 had a child with crooked front. The Galil was much better looking relatively.
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That gas block access hole could have been made the shape of Texas, just saying.
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Quoted: This is a very valid question. I don't understand, even an old tech HBAR AR carbine is fit and trim compared to some of these designs. What is the draw? View Quote Use in video games? Whether or not it is true for this rifle, video games seem to be an incredibly effective tool for selling certain guns to the masses, just as the fake news outlets are successful at selling their narratives to the masses. |
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I see it’s on RifleGears site with a UPC. Does this mean anything at all?
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Quoted: I see it’s on RifleGears site with a UPC. Does this mean anything at all? View Quote I don't want to get super hyped here, but RifleGear also shows a price of $1,656. If that is going to be the true price then this thing is going to be very competitive and IWI's jump into the AR-18 market is going to be very successful. One thing that has always made me a huge IWI fan is they make guns that match the quality and durability of HK and FN but with with price tags that aren't ridiculous. Plugging the UPC into gun.deals it also shows some other websites that have the Carmel and list it correctly. Most of them have the exact same specs between each site which makes me wonder if they're pulling the info from a distributor. Looks like it is definitely coming very soon. I'd expect an announcement from IWI at SHOT Show, if not maybe sooner. In the past they usually announce stuff at SHOT then it comes out late Spring/early Summer. With the UPCs being up already on multiple sites it makes me wonder if they won't do a sudden drop with the announcement like Colt did with the Python. But who knows. Either way it looks like it is coming. I was going to get an 11" Bren 2, but if the Carmel is coming soon I may wait for it instead. |
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Quoted: I don't want to get super hyped here, but RifleGear also shows a price of $1,656. If that is going to be the true price then this thing is going to be very competitive and IWI's jump into the AR-18 market is going to be very successful. One thing that has always made me a huge IWI fan is they make guns that match the quality and durability of HK and FN but with with price tags that aren't ridiculous. Plugging the UPC into gun.deals it also shows some other websites that have the Carmel and list it correctly. Most of them have the exact same specs between each site which makes me wonder if they're pulling the info from a distributor. Looks like it is definitely coming very soon. I'd expect an announcement from IWI at SHOT Show, if not maybe sooner. In the past they usually announce stuff at SHOT then it comes out late Spring/early Summer. With the UPCs being up already on multiple sites it makes me wonder if they won't do a sudden drop with the announcement like Colt did with the Python. But who knows. Either way it looks like it is coming. I was going to get an 11" Bren 2, but if the Carmel is coming soon I may wait for it instead. View Quote Can't wait to see it when you get it my friend! |
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Quoted: Make that three. I refuse to buy any more HK weapons just because my checking account taps out after I'm done paying for it (Say nothing of my better half when I hint at how much I paid for it). Are you paying attention IWI? View Quote Shit, make that 4. IWI's quality is just as good as FN and HK, and they release their guns at reasonable prices. If FN made the Tavor it'd be a $2,500 rifle at least. I LOVE the SCAR, but they are not worth over $3,000. I felt that in early 2017 when the SCAR 17S was going for like $2,600 street price and MSRP was like $3,100 or so that was a perfect price point to settle on. But every year FN slightly raises the MSRP and now with the NRCH model it's almost $4,000 for a 17S. HK is what it is. We'll probably never see the 433. They threw us a bone with the SP5 but made it stupid overpriced, as is the MR556. Me and my buddy were talking and agreed that the only real issue with IWI is they seem to favor reliability over accuracy. Their platforms are built like tanks, and uber reliable. But most of them are middle of the road in terms of accuracy. I won't fault them too much for it because their guns are to hell and back reliable. And it isn't like they can't make accurate guns... the Galil ACE is probably the most accurate gun on the AK platform. They have their DAN 338 Lapua bolt rifle which has a sub-MOA guarantee and by all reports is supposed to be stupid accurate. |
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Quoted: Shit, make that 4. IWI's quality is just as good as FN and HK, and they release their guns at reasonable prices. If FN made the Tavor it'd be a $2,500 rifle at least. I LOVE the SCAR, but they are not worth over $3,000. I felt that in early 2017 when the SCAR 17S was going for like $2,600 street price and MSRP was like $3,100 or so that was a perfect price point to settle on. But every year FN slightly raises the MSRP and now with the NRCH model it's almost $4,000 for a 17S. HK is what it is. We'll probably never see the 433. They threw us a bone with the SP5 but made it stupid overpriced, as is the MR556. Me and my buddy were talking and agreed that the only real issue with IWI is they seem to favor reliability over accuracy. Their platforms are built like tanks, and uber reliable. But most of them are middle of the road in terms of accuracy. I won't fault them too much for it because their guns are to hell and back reliable. And it isn't like they can't make accurate guns... the Galil ACE is probably the most accurate gun on the AK platform. They have their DAN 338 Lapua bolt rifle which has a sub-MOA guarantee and by all reports is supposed to be stupid accurate. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Make that three. I refuse to buy any more HK weapons just because my checking account taps out after I'm done paying for it (Say nothing of my better half when I hint at how much I paid for it). Are you paying attention IWI? Shit, make that 4. IWI's quality is just as good as FN and HK, and they release their guns at reasonable prices. If FN made the Tavor it'd be a $2,500 rifle at least. I LOVE the SCAR, but they are not worth over $3,000. I felt that in early 2017 when the SCAR 17S was going for like $2,600 street price and MSRP was like $3,100 or so that was a perfect price point to settle on. But every year FN slightly raises the MSRP and now with the NRCH model it's almost $4,000 for a 17S. HK is what it is. We'll probably never see the 433. They threw us a bone with the SP5 but made it stupid overpriced, as is the MR556. Me and my buddy were talking and agreed that the only real issue with IWI is they seem to favor reliability over accuracy. Their platforms are built like tanks, and uber reliable. But most of them are middle of the road in terms of accuracy. I won't fault them too much for it because their guns are to hell and back reliable. And it isn't like they can't make accurate guns... the Galil ACE is probably the most accurate gun on the AK platform. They have their DAN 338 Lapua bolt rifle which has a sub-MOA guarantee and by all reports is supposed to be stupid accurate. |
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Quoted: Shit, make that 4. IWI's quality is just as good as FN and HK, and they release their guns at reasonable prices. If FN made the Tavor it'd be a $2,500 rifle at least. I LOVE the SCAR, but they are not worth over $3,000. I felt that in early 2017 when the SCAR 17S was going for like $2,600 street price and MSRP was like $3,100 or so that was a perfect price point to settle on. But every year FN slightly raises the MSRP and now with the NRCH model it's almost $4,000 for a 17S. HK is what it is. We'll probably never see the 433. They threw us a bone with the SP5 but made it stupid overpriced, as is the MR556. Me and my buddy were talking and agreed that the only real issue with IWI is they seem to favor reliability over accuracy. Their platforms are built like tanks, and uber reliable. But most of them are middle of the road in terms of accuracy. I won't fault them too much for it because their guns are to hell and back reliable. And it isn't like they can't make accurate guns... the Galil ACE is probably the most accurate gun on the AK platform. They have their DAN 338 Lapua bolt rifle which has a sub-MOA guarantee and by all reports is supposed to be stupid accurate. View Quote Absolutely agree with you about HK, the MR556 doesn't even have a chrome lined barrel ![]() |
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Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuump
https://iwi.us/product/csr16/ It's official now. ![]() ![]() ![]() They went with the long-dong handguard and yet another dumb 10-degree grip angle. Fixable but I'm so tired of that being a "thing" in the industry now. MSRP at $1800. |
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Finally! Been waiting for this for a while.
Handguard is mediocre looking but hopefully some aftermarket options will come out. $1,800 MSRP, too. IWI continues to kill it with their pricing (take notes FN and HK). An AR-180 type rifle for under possibly $1,500 street price. |
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Yeah that ugly ass HG ruins it and adds 1 lbs to front end. I’ve waited years for this gun now seeing it Americanized pretty much killed it for me. Looks like it doesn’t have the QD barrel anymore either.
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Quoted: Yeah that ugly ass HG ruins it and adds 1 lbs to front end. I’ve waited years for this gun now seeing it Americanized pretty much killed it for me. Looks like it doesn’t have the QD barrel anymore either. View Quote Quoted: Meh not feeling it. Pass View Quote Yeah, I know, but I can't fucking help myself! I'll take it!!! |
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Agreed. I'll take it.
Plus it hasn't even been confirmed the QD barrel isn't there, but there are people acting like it's not there based on pictures. The lever could be underneath the handguard. The area where the QD barrel removal lever sits is inclined and shorter on the military version. On the US version that area of the handguard sticks out more so like I said, it could simply just be covered by the handguard and they didn't cut the slot into to see it. It could also not be there, but I'll wait on official word from IWI. I'm not trying to be an ass or start an argument, but we need to see what IWI or someone who can get their hands on the gun says before we make assumptions just because something isn't sticking out blatantly in your face from the photos. |
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Thank you for confirming. That puts that to rest! |
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That’s good news at least. The said they probably won’t offer the OG handguard |
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I’m liking what I am seeing. The B5 Systems grip is my favorite AR grip so nice to see them equipping it with that. I’ll be curious about the factory trigger too. Overall it looks very nice. Looking forward to some reviews at some point. Happy I decided not to get a Galil Ace Gen 2 and wait to see if IWI announced anything at Shot. $1800 MSRP is very competitive.
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Quoted: Plus it hasn't even been confirmed the QD barrel isn't there, but there are people acting like it's not there based on pictures. The lever could be underneath the handguard. The area where the QD barrel removal lever sits is inclined and shorter on the military version. On the US version that area of the handguard sticks out more so like I said, it could simply just be covered by the handguard and they didn't cut the slot into to see it. View Quote The location on the mil version, which extends further to the rear than the widened portion of the cocking slot, has this area filled in on the civilian version. So, it doesn’t look like it could be under the handguard, unless they also moved it forward which seems unlikely. They went from a contoured comfortable looking HG to a rectangular uncomfortable looking extrusion and felt obligated to stick an AR grip on it too. What a turn off to the entire platform. I’m not sure they could have screwed this rifle up more if they tried. |
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Friend of mine is there. He says the rifle is huge, and not very lightweight. I’ll reserve judgment until I see one, but it does look big.
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The handguard is unnecessarily large. That adds useless weight, not only that but it looks very cumbersome.
The original polymer handguard as seen on the military version is undoubtedly lighter, plus it looks very comfortable to grip. |
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Everyone let IWI know you want the polymer handguard! Their email is [email protected] maybe we can get some without the 2x4 hand guard
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They’ll probably do a limited run of the mil version. I’m buying two this year and chopping one to 12.5 or 13”.
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