IWI Galil ACE Gen II .308 Winchester
Model: GAR55
IWI Galil ACE Gen II .308 Winchester
Model: GAR55
Full Specifications
About This Firearm
The IWI Galil ACE Gen II is an AK-pattern semi-automatic .308 Winchester built for range and defensive shooting. It has an MSRP of $2,179. Its action is a long-stroke gas piston with a closed rotating bolt in a milled steel receiver, which is the mechanism of the original Galil carried forward.
One 20-round Magpul LR/SR25 GEN M3 magazine comes with it, along with a Magpul CTR stock and a riser. The top rail is a full-length two-piece Picatinny unit and the forearm free floats with M-LOK slots. The stock folds to the side, telescopes for length and takes M4-pattern stocks. The charging handle sits on the left of the receiver and reciprocates, so the weak hand can work it. No sights come on the rifle, so the rail carries the whole sighting system.
If you’re cross-shopping, the Springfield Armory M1A SOCOM 16 has an MSRP of $2,129 and weighs 8.50 lbs, with a ghost ring rear sight and a tritium front post already fitted. The FN SCAR 17S has an MSRP of $3,999 at 8.90 lbs, with a short-stroke piston and folding sights of its own. The Galil folds where neither of those does, and its AK-pattern parts do not interchange with them.
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Strengths & Limitations
- IWI ships it with the Magpul CTR and a riser, and the stock interface is M4, so a different stock is a standard part.
- The Gen II added the full-length top rail, the free-float M-LOK forearm, an updated trigger profile and a shorter safety throw over the earlier Galil ACE.
- The receiver is milled steel, not a stamped and riveted shell.
- The charging handle reciprocates, so a hand or a sling left near it takes a knock on every shot.
- At 8.38 lbs without a magazine it is heavy for a 16-inch rifle, and the milled receiver is where that weight is.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What magazines does it take?
Magpul LR/SR25 GEN M3 pattern magazines. IWI notes the Gen II is assembled in the US from imported and US parts under 18 U.S.C. 922(r) and tells owners to use US-made magazines in it.
What is the Galil ACE based on?
The original Galil, developed by IMI in the late 1960s, which drew on the AK-47 and the Finnish Valmet RK 62.
Does the 7.62x39mm version use the same magazines?
No. That one is listed with Magpul MOE AK/AKM PMAGs.
