The history of Israeli’s Galil family of rifles begins in the aftermath of the 1967 Six Day War. During that conflict, Israel’s standard-issue firearm, Israeli-made copies of Fabrique ...

The Galil’s L-shaped rear sight could be flipped to apply to either close combat at 0 to 300 meters or to a longer-range setting of 300 to 500 meters. The front post was hooded and could be ...

LAS VEGAS -- Israel Weapon Industries will release an updated version of the Galil rifle in the U.S. market this spring, a company official said.

A Galil AR rifle weighed 8.7 pounds, or two more pounds than an AK-47 and 1.7 pounds more than an M4 carbine. The use of steel in many parts of the rifle, particularly the folding stock is ...