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The ArmaLite AR-15[ note 3 ] is a gas-operated assault rifle manufactured in the United States between 1959 and 1964. [ 10 ] Designed by American gun manufacturer ArmaLite in 1956, it was based on its AR-10 rifle. The ArmaLite AR-15 was designed to be a lightweight rifle and to fire a new high-velocity, lightweight, small-caliber cartridge to ...
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Find new and used Armalite rifles, the original AR-15 and AR-10 platforms, in various calibers and configurations. Compare prices, features and ratings of different models and add to cart.
An AR-15–style rifle is a lightweight semi-automatic rifle based on or similar to the Colt AR-15 design. The Colt model removed the selective fire feature of its predecessor, the original ArmaLite AR-15, which is a scaled-down derivative of the AR-10 design (by Eugene Stoner). It is closely related to the military M16 rifle.
- AR-1 “Parasniper”
- AR-3
- AR-5
- AR-7
- AR-9
- AR-10
- AR-15
- AR-16
- AR-18
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According to Springfield Armory National Historic Site, which has four of these rare rifles in their collection, the Parasniper was what today would be called a “Mountain” rifle that used an early foam-filled fiberglass stock and other weight-saving means to trim pounds. Using a steel-lined aluminum alloy barrel, the Mauser type receiver was chambe...
Another “lost” Armalite is the prototype select-fire battle rifle designed by the company to fire the then-experimental T65E3 cartridge, which became the 7.62 NATO. Similarly, Springfield Armory was testing the T44 and T48 rifles in the same caliber, as a potential replacement for the M1 Garand. The T44 and T48 grew up to become the U.S. M14 and FN...
A bolt-action rifle, the AR-5 was chambered in .22 Hornet to replace the U.S. Air Force’s stockpiles of H&R-made bolt-action aircrew survival rifles. To conserve space and weight, the gun had a hollow plastic stock that the takedown barrel could be stored in and, best yet, the whole thing could float.While the USAF reportedly liked it, the AR-5 was...
Find AR-7 Rifles For Sale Taking the general concept of the AR-5 and applying it to a semi-auto chambered in .22LR with a steel-lined 16-inch aluminum barrel, the AR-7 Explorer was born in 1959, at the same time as Remington’s Nylon 66, and proved Armalite’s first commercial success, being produced by the company until 1973. Since then, it was made...
Showing that not all ARs are rifles, Armalite worked on the AR-9, a very lightweight — 5.5-pound — semi-auto shotgun with foam-filled plastic furniture and a high-strength aluminum receiver and barrel. This later became the AR-17, which entered production in 1964 and only sold about 2,000 examples during its short two-year run, making it a sought-a...
Learning lessons from their earlier attempt at a battle rifle in the AR-3/AR-11/AR-12, Armalite came up with the rifle that became the AR-10around 1955 and was soon submitting it to the Army for testing. Using a top-mounted carrying handle on the upper receiver that held a rear sight, the 7.62 NATO-caliber select-fire beauty, like Armalite’s previo...
Check Out Colt Rifles For Sale Scaling down the AR-10 to use the 5.56mm NATO round, Armalite’s AR-15 proved a slam dunk winner– for Colt– as Armalite sold off the design to the Connecticut-based company in 1959 who soon successfully pitched it to the U.S. Air Force for use with Security Police guarding bases. Within a few years, it had been adopted...
With most of the trade secrets that made the AR-15 so novel going to Colt and from there largely into the public domain, Armalite began work on a new 7.62 NATO battle rifle with a stamped receiver. Rather than the AR-15’s buttstock buffer spring, the AR-16 used a twin pair of action springs to eat up recoil and a short-stroke gas piston action with...
Using groundwork from the unproduced AR-16 with lots of engineering from Arthur Miller and others, the AR-18 was chambered in 5.56 NATO and (stop us if you have heard this before) was unsuccessfully pitched to the U.S. Army as a new infantry rifle. Like with their previous AR-10, the AR-18 was licensed to overseas gun makers such as Howa in Japan a...
Learn how Armalite, a firearms company founded in the 1950s, developed the AR-15 and other innovative rifles using aluminum, plastics, and foamed materials. Discover the stories behind the AR-1, AR-3, AR-7, AR-9, and AR-10 models and their impact on the gun industry.
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ArmaLite, or Armalite, is an American small arms engineering company, formed in the early 1950s, in Hollywood, California.Many of its products, as conceived by chief designer Eugene Stoner, relied on unique foam-filled fiberglass butt/stock furniture, and a composite barrel using a steel liner inside an aluminum sleeve, including the iconic AR-15/M16 family.
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A 5.56x45 NATO rifle with a 16″ stainless steel barrel, a 15″ ArmaLite tactical handguard, and an ArmaLite Tactical brake. It has a collapsible buttstock, ambidextrous charging handles and safety selectors, and a two-stage precision trigger.
