Tag: AR-15 Rifles

Another light weight rifle by Eugene Stoner, it’s so famous that some 10 best firearm manufacturers are involved in it.

It’s a service rifle (semi-auto). It cartridges are .223 Remington, 5.56 NATO and 300 Whisper. It has a great variety of models named AR-15 9 mm Carbine, AR-15 Lightweight, AR-15A2 Government Carbine, AR-15A3 Tactical Carbine, AR-15 Sporter (SP1) and so on. Its barrels differ from 6.5 inch- 24 inch for it different models. It can throw 800 round/min at its best automatic versions and the firing range is 400-600 m with the muzzle velocity of 975 m/s.

The United States is its birth place. Eugene Stoner, his assistant Robert Fremont and another designer named L. James Sullivan together have contributed to complete its design. AR-10 is its predecessor (from which it’s modified to AR-15 and from this it’s modified to M16. by Colt. It’s legally adopted by the United States military as M16 from Colt. And it’s in service from 1958 to present. Many variants of this rifle are manufactured and modified and delivered by many registered manufacturers.

The best use of this rifle arm is done by the two biggest forces (the Air and the Military forces) of the United States. Other legal owners are New Zealand, Italy, Austria, Australia, South Africa, France and few other countries. So it’s basically used in the armies of the owners.