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Saga of the AR15 Forward Assist: A Solution Searching for a...
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In 1963, the US Army set out to purchase 85,000 AR-15 rifles as a one-time procurement to hold the infantry...
Colt 601: The AR-15 Becomes a Military Rifle
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AR-16: Armalite's Lost Battle Rifle
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The Original AR-15: Serial Number 6 in Original Configuration
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The Original AR-15: Serial Number 6 in Original Configuration
The very first AR15 rifles submitted to US government trials were extremely light weight, with an assortment of interesting features that did not last...
Armalite AR-17: A Shotgun from the World of Tomorrow!
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How Does it Work: Stoner's AR System
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Saga of the AR15 Forward Assist: A Solution Searching for a...
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SR-88A: Singapore's Final Evolution of the AR-18
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PSA/H&R Clones the Department of Energy Colt 9mm SMG
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How Does It Work: Direct Gas Impingement
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New Reproduction Colt 4x AR-15 Scope by Brownells
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In the 1970s and 80s, Colt offered a 4x20 fixed power scope for its...
Ask Ian: Why Does the AR15 Have a Buffer Thingie?
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From Arvid on Utreon:
"Why does an AR-15 need a buffer thingy? Why can't it just have a spring like every...
Vickers Guide: AR-15 Vol. 2 – Second Edition
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Picking up where Volume 1 left off, Vickers Guide: AR-15...
Professional Ordnance Carbon-15: A Super-Light AWB AR-15
The Professional Ordnance Carbon-15 was developed during the assault weapons ban in the United States as a way to market a pistol version of...
Colt 601: The AR-15 Becomes a Military Rifle
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The AR-15 rifle was originally developed by Armalite as an offshoot of the AR-10 rifle designed by Eugene Stoner. How...
PCC Showdown: H&K SP-5 vs Kalashnikov USA KP-9 vs CMMG Banshee
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Since SHOT Show this year, I have gotten three different 9mm carbines that are all interesting in their own ways....
CMMG Banshee at the Range
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Yesterday we looked at the novel Radial Delayed Blowback system invented by CMMG for their 9mm AR carbines; today we...
1P87 – Russian EoTech
The 1P87 is a relatively new Russian optic that is their direct equivalent to the EoTech. It seems to have been developed...
CMMG Banshee: The Unique Radial Delayed Blowback System
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In 2015, the CMMG company decided to develop a pistol-caliber AR carbine firing .45 ACP. Such things were becoming common...
