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Jul 12, 2017 · The AR-15 continued to be the service weapon of the United States in the years to come, until finally being phased out for the M4 Carbine, a weapon based off the M-16, but designed to be shorter and lighter.
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- The Origin of The AR-15
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First developed in the 1950s for civilian use, the AR-15 rifle was named after its manufacturer, Armalite. The letters “AR” do not stand for “assault rifle” or “automatic rifle.” Armalite sold the rifle’s design to another firearms manufacturer, Colt, in 1959. Four years later, the U.S. military selected Colt to manufacture a standard-issue model o...
From the beginning, the AR-15 was designed to be easy to use. One reason it was developed as the M-16 for the U.S. military is that anyone could pick up the rifle and shoot it with ease, even if they had never used a firearm before. The rifle is lightweight, weighing about 6 pounds. In a military context, this made it easier for soldiers to carry t...
The AR-15 has become inextricably linked with mass shootings in the U.S. A 2020 studyby professors at the University of Alabama and Worcester State University found that semi-automatic rifles are being increasingly used in mass shootings. From 1966 to 2009, about one-third of mass shooters used a semi-automatic rifle, the study found. Over the next...
Historically, handguns and long guns have been regulated differently. That’s because handguns were associated more with crime, and long guns — muskets, rifles and shotguns — were associated with hunting, experts said. After a nearly three-decade-long stalemate, Congress passed a bipartisan dealon gun legislation and President Joe Biden signed it in...
Feb 28, 2018 · AR-15-style rifles were around for more than 40 years before one was used in a mass killing, at an apartment in Crandon, Wis., in 2007. The shooter killed six people and then took his own life ...
Apr 16, 2024 · The AR-10 (the "AR" stands for "ArmaLite") was a magazine-fed, gas-operated rifle that fired a 7.62 mm bullet. It was made from aircraft-grade aluminum and, according to the ArmaLite website, weighed 7 pounds (around 3.2 kilograms), lighter than both the Garand and the AK-47. Inevitably, the U.S. military adopted the Springfield T44 rifle ...
Jul 12, 2024 · Here’s just a small selection of a biggie, the .458 SOCOM. That’s right, bullets of 300 to 600 grains, out of your AR-15, with the right barrel, bolt and magazine in it. Where .223 was once the norm, and the odd shooter had one built in 7.62x39mm, now it seems like half the brass you find at the range is .300 Blackout.
Jun 28, 2022 · Out of the estimated 434 million firearms in civilian possession in the U.S., about 20 million of them are AR-15 style rifles, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
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Jul 26, 2022 · One size does not fit all, but the standard AR-15 chambered for .223 Remington or 5.56 NATO can actually fit different bullets, proven by this conversion kit that turns a standard AR-15 into a .22 ...
