Galil ARM to 500yds: Practical Accuracy
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The Galil ARM 5.56 is perhaps one of the most iconic rifles to come out of the 60's. Rugged, dependable, but heavy.
Despite only being equipped with crude iron sights, this rifle gave us a very tight group at 100 yards, but how does it perform on the extended service rifle course?
Ammunition used: IMI M193 5.56x45mm ball.
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Distance Conversions:
150y - 137m
200y - 182m
250y - 229m
300y - 274m
350y - 320m
400y - 366m
450y - 411m
500y - 457m
600y - 549m
700y - 640m
800y - 732m
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Music by Tyops (THANKS!!!)
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If the targets were throwing rocks at the Galil it would've been 78% more accurate.
JFC this comment is 🔥
@Stone Cold Steve Autism Twas a joke. I love Israel and the Galil
@Stone Cold Steve Autism and there are two kinds of people too. Those who can take a joke and pussies that can not.
@Stone Cold Steve Autism there are two types of jokes; short and esoteric right wing jokes and left wing jokes that end in a long diatribe.
@Stone Cold Steve Autism It's anti semitic to point out that Israelis shoot civilians?
the quality of the videos on this channel is flawless ...
Appreciate that, Thomas
Excuse me, but that's a TACTICAL bottle opener
It has a wire cutter in the bipod
I enjoy seeing this level of difficulty. Strong wind, iron sights, 5.56, it gets real hard after 300 yards! Love seeing real time adjustments, keep it up.
I did not dare to mention the 5.56 as part of the problem, but yes, it's not the right munition for this type of exercise.
I would love to see you guys do some practical accuracy with bull pup rifles. With all of the complaints regarding accuracy with the Tavor and X95 platforms, I would love to see how they perform at distance. The AUG would be nice too.
yeah try the SA80 A2 its very accurate despite the bad name given to it by the A1 model
interesting....my Tavor 16” shoots 2 MOA w/ fed XM 193 55 grain ammo using an ACOG, my Tavor 18” shoots 1.5 MOA (when I’m trying to shoot groups)....using a 4x ACOG and 77 grain My X-95 shoots 2.5 MOA at 100 with cheap 55 grain ammo. Remember the Tavor is a Battle Rifle and is designed to shoot Minute of Man versus Min of Angle....anyone that’s legitimately trying to shoot groups with a Tavor doesn’t know their intended purpose. They are extremely robust and very, very, very reliable. I have one that has 12000 rounds of Wolf 55 grain Russian ammo and the only issues I’ve ever had with it are magazine or ammo related. Having said all that the open sighting system is completely different. Totally different than the AR 15....I would have absolutely no problem going to an urban combat zone with a Tavor in 5.56....Not sure what the circumstances are but they may be overestimating the type of rifle and how it operates. If your target is 18” across and your using 55 grain, 62, 64, 69, 75, or 77 grain ammo and you have at least a 4 power ACOG you will be able to hit your steel targets if you know how shoot...Open sights I don’t bother on anything past 100 yards because I don’t have an elevated platform to shoot off of....
fingka putra the aug is better than the x95 after shooting both it’s easy to see why
FAMAS !
Scott Saylors no doubt. I’m certain if I practiced shooting groups I could get them but the Tabors are battle rifles. Get a good zero whether it’s a 25/50 or 100 and practice mobility it tight quarters. The Tavor with a Geissele Trigger is very capable of shooting 1 MOA although it’s designed TO BE A BATTLE RIFLE....
When we did national service we were warned that the rifle was not a bottle opener that shot bullets. FYI, you can also use the wire cutter to open bottles and teh dust cover, when taken off, was a pretty damn good can opener. Put three of them together and you can hang pots for coffee over a fire as well. Very useful rifle
Tight pants, tight groupings.
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F.B.I kun lol ya
@@9HoleReviews 😅💋
Learned that from James of tfb tv
That thing is in desperate need for some more adjust ability in those sights. At least the bottle opener worked fine.
You do that on the front site post I have a replica windage and trajectory are done on the front site
8:20 As far as I'm concerned, that rifle passed with flying colours. Bottle-opener FTW!
Honestly i wish we got another go with this one. I feel like with extra practice it would be do-able
@@9HoleReviewsIs this second attempt coming? Hoping so
Wish you would make a close range practical course with a uzi, would go well with the Galil :)
Galil! Been waiting for this one. Great videos.
I wish I had a range like that near me. Love the videos guys. No BS just straight to the point
I KNEW they were gonna test the integrated bottle opener! Didn't disappoint!
I'm interested to know how our south African vektor Lm4 would do. It's a galil but we elongated the stock, the front sight ring covering the front post is also larger than the original galil. This was done to increase the sight picture in our African conditions. Quite a few other extras I won't get into. The Lm4 is the semi version of the military R4.
I've been binge-watching these videos. I have a FAL PARA, a FAL Standard, a 16" AR, a 20" AR, 2 AKs, a Garand, and an M48 Mauser. I've always wanted a Galil, because you know - it's iconic. It's good to see how accuracy-wise - when shot normally from field positions, and normal configurations - many of these rifles are not what they're cracked up to be. I see a clear pattern among all of them where things start to go downhill at 300 and pretty much after that is hit or miss - mostly miss. I did expect better from the old school Galil. I don't think you'll get much better results with the new Galil ACE, because the rear sight is the same type of flip leaf that requires guessing elevations (past 300 probably should aim at the top of the head to get a center mass hit).
Nice collection! *If* you can - although unlikely if you live in the 'States - try and get hold of the South African LM4: it is the local version of the Galil ARM and is pretty accurate in the right hands - I shot to qualify on one with the SANDF Reserve Force [I am in the Military Legal Services but even lawyers need to know how to shoot in the SANDF LOL] in 2004 (despite having ZERO firearms experience) and it was accurate enough to make me a threat (LOL) to any targets out to 300m. I also shot the Z88 (the local clone of the Beretta 92F but built to MUCH higher tolerances and better engineered) - LOVED that one and wanted to buy one but sadly they are no longer being made and any examples in new/as new condition are almost impossible to find. The Colonel/Liaison in charge of us cut his teeth on the R1 (the local version of the FN FAL) and swore blind by it...he and a lot of his contemporaries weren't too happy to give up their beloved (and hard hitting) R1's for the 5.56mm R4's when they were introduced into SADF service in the late 1970's/early 1980's
My heart would have been broken if you hadn't tried the bottle opener. Thanks for that!
I'm actually surprised that it's even that accurate with the rear sight on the dust cover, and front sight on the gas block. I was expecting worse.
I would love to see how a galil designated marksman rifle with scope does.
The gas block mounted sight is actually a very stable platform for sights. On AK platform rifles, the dust cover is usually not very stable, but on the Galil, it is very stable.
The Galil and the Finnish RK series of rifles it is based on both have reinforcements added to make the receiver cover a more stable platform for the rear sight.
Great video, L'chayim.
The Galil just looks tough.
I mean, Tom Cruise would carry an AR but Clint Eastwood would carry a Galil.
Oh, and everyone knows Chuck Norris conceal carries a GAU-8/A for social work.
John Parrish
Eastwood would carry an M1...
If anything he would stick to a .44 magnum
Nah, Clint is already iconic for giving the AK props in Heartbreak Ridge. 😊
Yeah, but clint didn't carry the ak into battle
@@clintonholenstein9348 Yeah, you're right about that. 👍😁
Great vid guys and it was very nice to see that y'all got your hands on a Galil arm and I'm actually disappointed that it failed but hey not every service rifle is made to reach out with precision past 400
A comment is not nearly enough to convey how excited i was to see this
Would love to see a video about an RK/Valmet if you can get your hands on one.
I’d love to see you redo this video with the newer JRA gallant. I have shot mine at the family range and it shoots well past 200-300 more so than in this video. Barrel is 1:7 twist rate and the receiver is new as well.
I would love to see you shoot a Vietnam Era M16A1!
It would perform better with the 20 inch 1 in 12 twist rate barrel.
That bottle opener really gives that gun personality
I remember seeing a show on the Discovery Channel where some Navy SEAL trainees talked about how they used (still use?) six o'clock holds ("lollipopping") with their iron sites...this was before everyone started extensively using optics...
That Rifle looked so steady to shoot, you instantly got the impression that the sights, while good enough for combat, were holding the Galil back in it's potential accuracy....along with the wind. Love to see what one would do with a tactical scope in low wind.
Got to love the bottle opener. Nice ergonomic upgrade, ha.
I am thinking the wind really did a number on you here. The sights are better then the standard AK...I know because I have an AK right here, ha. I guess for long range shooting though at least the AK sights are...small? Anyway I do not own a Galil currently because...well they are really expensive collector items these days, but I did like the sights...compared to my AK.
I had a century clone of one of these. It was milled and heavy as hell because I had a full rail and optics but it was a very accurate rifle.
It's basically an infantry rifle designed for the 300 plus combat range. The M193 55 grain bullet was designed for that type of range and combat accuracy. Surprised that you made hits at 400 and 450 meters. That is almost beyond the "Rifleman's Quarter Mile" which is 400 yards. From watching old battlefield footage from the Yom Kippur War of 1973 in the Sanai Desert. The terrain looks similar to the Mojave desert of California a.k.a Ft. Irwin National Training Center. There are depressions and dead space within the 200 to 400 meter battle range. Some places were flat in some valley regions but there is plenty of cover in the ground but not ideal firing positions but good enough to get cover if being fired upon.
Great video guys. Try the 308 Galil ACE. You can borrow mine.
The Galil is a beautiful design.
I hope i can buy one some day.
Sorry to all the haters...did my national service with the shortened SA version of this rifle..the R5...and they are reliable,simple tough weapons that we shot out to 300m regularly and put them through hell. A soldiers gun this one...except for the puny 5.56 at long range and bush...
My 2 other designs at this time. On the view fighting in north Vietnam africa with ussr assisting but the AK74 AND FAMAS BOTH SHOOT TO 800 YARDS ACCURATLY ALL DESEIGNED BY ME INCLUDING GLOCK17 AND DESERT EAGLE.
A little disappointed, for reason of the wind issue, man that camera was all over the placed. would also like to see the 7.62, and also the Tavor in both 5.56 and 7.62, and then do a comparison. absolutely loved the ending. Great Job as usual. Note: for 2019, hopefully you all are gonna be able to do the XDM 10MM IN 5.25 ? Happy new year guys.
Your 1 comment is asking waaaaay too much bro chill every gun you just mentioned except the XD is like $2000+
Finally the video about the galil, thanks!
Great vid exploring the limits of those rather "rigid" sighting systems. Many thanks lads! Keep up the good work.
That was my rifle I used in the South african defense force we use to get an inch group at 100 meters with milatary ammunition the R 4 rifle/copy of the Galli have a 100 and 300 meter flip sight never shot past 300 meters 55 grain bullet do not handle wind well
Revisiting some of these rifles after 5 years of experience would be great if possible and a video on the Galil SAR or Vektor R5 (Ian has one) would also be nice.
One of my favorite guntubers along side Graham bates
Gotta have an SVD or PSL to round out the DMR category, that should be interesting, I hear they're not as accurate as they're made out to be.
God I love these practical accuracy videos so much.
😍😍good looking rifle...wish i bought in the 80-90s..im such D.A....
Good video; the gusty wind, sights and 55gr bullets were just a bit much at the end. Nice touch, testing the bottle opener! :)
To be honest with IMI Galil and it's South African cousin Vektor R4/R5/R6 are my favourites.
55 grain ball ammo + the significant wind, impressive
With that wind and a .223 round the rifle did well.I have owned My Galil ARM .223 for over 30 years. I would trade this rifle for no other one out there.My rifle shoots great groups UP to 200 yards. After that range all bets are off.
I have an IMI Galil ARM with the 16" barrel (392), and find it very accurate. Saw a video from another channel where the shooter did a 5 shot group at 300 yards with the same rifle using M193 ammo, getting fist sized groups with open sights. Truly the Rolls Royce of AKs, and I'm well aware of Valmet.
You misspelled Sg 550
HE DESERVES WAY MORE SUBS!!!!!
Great video and excellent touch at the end at least high winds didn't completely ruin the test - Mazel tov and L'chaim! A true battle rifle because of its tactical features.
Cool video guys I found you by accident I have an M21 in my safe with a six and a half to 20 Mark 4 Leupold on it that shoots 1/2 two 3/4 Moa all day long if I do my part but I'm getting older and it's getting harder to do very glad I found you guys I subscribed by the way
viewers and keyboard snipers will tell you the galil is a perfect weapon of war and you drank too much coffee
Je3pers Cre3pers lol it was the same day I shot the M110, so... sure, if they say I wasn’t in the zone!
Another good one gentlemen! Love the Orig Galil but out to five hundo with that ole girl with those kinds of fists is tough. Still fun to watch
Matt from florida
I liked it when he said mazel tov
How about shooting a G36 in the German Army konfiguration? It should shoot accurate on a range from 0-500 meters
I actually earned my Schützenschnur shooing the G36 with some Bavarian troops! I really liked them. -Henry
Henry, I thought u were going to say, “HERE, HOLD MY BEER” 🤣🤣🤣
This rifle and m16a4 and acog are my favorite
One of my favourite rifles... can't wait to get a hold of one
Hard to find good mags. Cheaper than dirt has/had magpul mags for 25/30 each.i did so RUclips on them an the bolt shaved off the top of the mag lips..so i passed on the rifle..dam
Seems like the shooter and the gun itself are probably outshooting the basic iron sights. Great review, great video, and great shooting. Happy 2019 guys Im very much enjoying the channel.
Counterstrike icon lol good ole days
Good video - just a bit of advice: I shoot the Galil/R-series rifle (South African variant) consistently in service rifle matches up to 400m. I zero the rifle for a 100m, then turn the front sight post in a quarter turn for 200m, and half a turn for 300m. When going to 400m we reset the front sight post for 200m setting and flip the rear sight up from 3 - 5. Works like a charm. This rifle in right hands is a fairly incredible piece of hardware. We have our national team constantly outperforming other nations with their M-4's and M-16's etc to win the day. Our Protea captain consistently shoots averages of between 43 and 45 out of of 50 (that is 430-450 out of 500 individual scores) in these competitions with this rifle.
I think we need more time on the ARM to be fair. We've got a copy Galil here that I'd like to re-do this test with. As shown, the grouping that the rifle put out is very tight, and I think this is evident that the operator needs more time on the system to know the sight settings as you suggested.
I have a genuine IMI ARM 392 (16" barrel), and I don't think this test, with this facimilie is representative. TFB used this same rifle to record fist sized 5 shot groups @ 300 meters, off of its bipod and stock sights:
ruclips.net/video/dnTXTRkw_hM/видео.html
Go to around 5:25 to see the results. Love your channel, and I would suggest testing an SVT-40, AG-42, Type 99 Arisaka, and French MAS 49/56 in 7.5 French... I have them, and wish I could shoot them as well as you.
Sure, but 9-Hole reviews Combat Accuracy; not Competition Style.
Great gun, I have a 1991 model with polimer grip, 1-12 twist, with 55grn ammo works great!
Really enjoying your video's. I would be interested in twist rates when you post the data in the beginning of the video's, but great job on what you have done. Thanks from a new subscriber.
One of my favorite cs 1.6 weapons
Beautiful classic Galil. I'll trade you for my Galil Ace 5.56?
Cant you turn the ace into a somewhat looking classic one? Ignorant question.
@@Travis01 you can't, sadly
The reciever is different, i believe
@@Travis01 you can. Check out klayco47s channel
Gorgeous rifle. Love the Galil.
Best RUclips gun channel.
Do accuracy test of Indian Insas rifle
This is one of my favorite rifles of all time would love to shoot one one day great video
Please build a windblock for spotter scope. I know, its NOT O.G. Spotter is supposed to viewing with comparible conditions as shooter. But we need to spotter to have clinical-level data for feedback. And the spotter is not the trigger person. So , its all good. It just makes sense. Allow non tactical but practical accomodations for spotter dude. At least in some videos. It'd make for an all around, efficient learning experience for everybody...range-folk and viewers alike.
On an incomplete would you guys ever consider going back to the rifle with inhanced sights or even a scope to show that the rifle or rifles are capable? I've heard you both agree on other videos that with better sights you both felt rifle was more capable, thanks.
if it is feasible, yes. The K2 is easy, the FAL para is not, we'd have to get a new dust cover for it, and it is not our rifle. Same with the Galil. I think of the three the Galil is the most difficult to find the original scope mounts for.
Ha ha " Galil, sit, bad rifle!!! "
@ 6:33 Also like M16A1 flip Sight.
Or the Berretta AR 70's 150/300 meter Sight. Some of the earliest AR 70s were, I believe 200/400 meters.
The end is masterpiece
An a beer opener..i forgot that.cold beer!!😜😜
Aww. Sucks y'all weren't able to finish this course. But it is as you said. With the proper amount of time and training it could pass. Great as always and good to see the bottle opener is fully functional lol
I think not finding good metal mags stopped me.i didn't want magpul mags from cheaper than dirt.i ❤that rifle..new SAFE QUEEN.
in the (idf) his first battle rifle was the (fn-fal.m16,imi-galil,and the most current standard rifle is the imi-tavor).
We would love to see the Mosin Nagant PU Sniper platform out to the test! Thank you and as always another great review!!
At lease the Galil is still the best looking rifle, IMO, definitely belongs on game/movie/comic book covers
I’d love to have one without buying one the same price as a used car.
Big Ben77 😂😂 I purchased two of them with 30 mags included for 6k. One needed new wood on the forend which was easy to fix but they’re absolutely perfect.
Parts kits my guy. Paid like 500 for the kit and another 500 for the milled receiver. Slap it together and she shoots just fine.
Try the ati galeo I got one and its awesome all imi parts except receiver and barrel are u.s,
@@kekistandept.offoreignaffa2863 You are 100% right. I paid $600 for a CNC Warrior receiver and around $350 for an Apex parts kit, plus a couple of hundreds for small parts. Now I own a beautiful Galil ARM😀.
Since the camera should be on a sturdy tripod I'm not sure why all the shaking. Maybe you need a weight on it or something. The other thing is lite bullet and high winds is a bad combination.
Excellent vid and marksmanship. I'd take the M16 A4 any day. ✌ In Marine Corps boot camp, the A2 easily hit POAat 500 yards.
Eric H. Agreed, theM16 is also my choice, we actually have a video on the iron sight A4 wrecking this course!
@@9HoleReviews Ok, thanks. ✌😁
Eric H. Wait actually no, the M16A4 with irons publishes next week, check back with us then!
@@9HoleReviews Ok...I was looking for it like WT ! 😁 Can't wait to see it.
Hands down the best gun channel on youtube
Still waiting for Arisaka type 99 ;)
Henry struggled from a supported prone position…. What chance did us ROOF’ies have with our unzeroed R4’s from a standing position at 500metres? If nothing else, I feel VINDICATED! Still love my R4!
Very nice info, starting to see patterns with the Para / Vehicle crew firearms. Nice choice in Cream Soda!
You're still pretty good at shooting with this thing 💪. Would love to see you with Galil-Galatz rifle which has a longer barrel & chambered in 7.62Nato as it was specifically made to shoot like a normal galil but at targets which are specially 500yds or more 🤷🏻♂️.
Are you guys going to feature the Galil SAR? I'm curious how much the shortened barrel affects the accuracy.
Awh sick, any chance of a re-visit with the one in 308. ?
I would love to see a bullpup episode. AUG style, MSAR, or RFB, ect...
Good sights? Nah.. not important really...
Bottle opener? Ooooo Yeah gotsta have that!
mossberg mvp for budget long range that one would be good
I'm really curious now how the M16E1 would preform. I bet it would be the only slightly better the Galil since they have roughly the same aperture style.
Dude, Swarovski 80 X PLUS Spotting scope with reticle....the absolute best of the best of,the best in spotting scopes...
Great review. Rifle tested is not an original Israeli spec rifle, the original spec ARM has 18" barrel. This one appears to be probably 16 inch. Probably would not have made that much difference in the test. IMI did import some shorter barrel ARM to us commercial market In pre-ban days.
I use to have one. After few thousand rounds it start to have problems with the safety lever.
It us not accurate. Not reliable.
Any M16 a1 or acr 15 us much better in terms of accuracy and reliability.
Unless you want to use it as a bottle opener then it is good but it will be a very expensive one.
Thanks for your honest reviews like always.
Love your channel.
was it a golani or a galil because the clones that where being made states side where of a poor quality
I know this has nothing to do with today's video but the one rifle I'd like to see y'all test is the French MAS36. My understanding is the French Foreign Legion loved that rifle and were made to turn it in and was issued another battle rifle.
The MAS36 wasn't used that much. There weren't enough of them in 1940 and most French troops still carried re-chambered WW1 Berthier rifles. Even then, as the MAS-36 was about to enter service, the Manufacture d'Armes de St-Étienne had already come up with a semi auto replacement, the prototypes MAS-39 & MAS-40. Their development was put on hold during the occupation (blueprints had to be kept hidden from the Nazis) and resumed with the MAS-44 which, after tweaking was adopted as the MAS-49-56 simply known as FSA (Fusil Semi-Automatique) to the French soldier. So the Legion barely used the MAS-36, the 13e DBLE would have used it in Narvik but the Legionnaires who fought at Bir Hacheim with the Free French and later in France were equipped with British and US weapons. Between 1945 and 1949 they used the MAS-36 along some Kar-98, M-1 carbines etc. in Indochina before the FSA was fielded and used in Indochina, Algeria, Chad, Zaire etc. up to the early 80s.
Superb editing, interesting content, high skilled shooter... Got yourself a sub :)
Do you think you'll ever do a video with an SKS? That's something I'd love to see.
We actually got an SKS in to take out, but were having trouble clearing even 300 yards...when we inspected the rifle more closely, we saw massive degradation of the rifling...the unit we received was a true T56 which had clearly seen heavy use. We knew it wasn't an accurate representation of what "could" be done with the rifle, and we're waiting to get our hands on another at some point.
@@9HoleReviews Do you need a loan? I have a Romanian. Also what type of 100 yard groups were you getting with the T56?