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Firearm [4] and ammunition sales have increased substantially since the pandemic. At least 3 million firearms were sold in the spring alone. [4] In response to protests, riots, and unrest after the murder of George Floyd, many started buying arms and ammunition. [5]
Many of these vendors were able to obtain ammunition in bulk and sell at an exorbitant price. The increase in gray market sales fed public suspicion that government was intervening with ammo supply, since ammo that was once easy to come by was now barren. [citation needed] The shortage resulted in adverse consequences for law enforcement agencies.
The ArmaLite AR-18 is a gas-operated rifle chambered for 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition.The AR-18 was designed at ArmaLite in California by Arthur Miller, Eugene Stoner, George Sullivan, and Charles Dorchester in 1963 as an alternative to the Colt AR-15 design, a variant of which had just been selected by the U.S. military as the M16.
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Close-up of L85A2 with Magpul Industries EMAG polymer magazine with clear viewing window. The STANAG magazine, while relatively compact compared to other types of 5.56×45mm NATO box magazines, has often been criticized for a perceived lack of durability and a tendency to malfunction unless treated with a level of care that may not be practical under combat conditions.
Palmetto State Armory is known for its line of AR-15 rifles and pistols, though, in the last several years Palmetto State Armory's line has expanded to include AKM style rifles.
AR15.com is a firearm-enthusiast web forum [2] founded as a mail list in 1996 and headquartered in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. It migrated to a bulletin board system, then finally a website which the owner called "the largest firearms website in the world", [3] [4] with 10 million users in 2013. [1]
The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. This ammunition was developed following World War II as part of the NATO small arms standardization, it is made to replicate the ballistics of a pre-WWII full power rifle cartridge in a more compact package.