IWI, Israel Weapon Industries, designs and develops firearms for military, homeland security and commercial agencies worldwide and is deployed by the Israel Defense Forces for military arms. With the company's main focus on military rifles, what consumers will get in an IWI firearm is one that is based on military standards and quality. Some of its most notable firearms include the Tavor bullpup and the X95 bullpup, both of which are available in the U.S. at iwi.us. Check out this segmentfrom a recent episode ofAmerican Rifleman TV to learn more about IWI and its Tavor and X95 bullpups.
Selected by the U.S. Army for specific use with the XM157 optic aboard its Next Generation Squad Weapon competition winners (the M7 and M250 rifles), to unobtrusively secure the former’s potentially bothersome cables out of the way.
Despite having been made popular by John Moses Browning over 100 years ago, his sacred M1911 design has soldiered on into the modern era, and companies like OA Defense are taking to the classic military platform in all-new ways, improving functionality by nearly tripling the design's capacity with double-stack mags, adding optic-mounting capabilities and more.
Watch our Gun Of The Week video this week to learn about an American-manufactured bullpup pump-action shotgun in .410 bore made by KelTec CNC Industries of Cocoa, Fla.