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Old 12-24-2009, 05:06 AM
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Originally Posted by S&Wshooter View Post
Not really. The Galil's weight is a little more spread out than that of the 556, which has all of it's weight in the very front. I recently handled a 556, and it's weight distribution suprisingly reminded me of a Polish "RPK" knockoff that I had held sometime earlier in the year
Not really, Galils have almost the opposite problem - a lot of the weight is more towards the rear. Especially with the stock folded (though of course, that's not how anyone shoots it).

It's not a bad rifle, but there is a good reason that the IDF ditched it and went AR.
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