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The Bushmaster XM-15 series (or XM15 [3]) is a line of AR-15 style semi-automatic rifles and carbines manufactured by Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC. [2] Variants include the Bushmaster M4-type Carbine , Patrolman series, QRC series, Bushmaster XM15-E2S, and the Carbon 15 line.
Bushmaster Firearms originally produced their 'First Generation' rifle using an aluminum lower receiver and a stamped steel upper receiver. This first-generation model used a long-stroke gas piston operating system. The recoil spring was within the upper barrel gas system compared to the AR-15/M-16, where the recoil spring is within the butt stock.
A STANAG magazine [1] [2] or NATO magazine is a type of detachable firearm magazine proposed by NATO in October 1980. [3] Shortly after NATO's acceptance of the 5.56×45mm NATO rifle cartridge, Draft Standardization Agreement ( STANAG ) 4179 was proposed in order to allow NATO members to easily share rifle ammunition and magazines down to the ...
The Bushmaster M4 [2] or M4A3 [3] is a semi-automatic or select-fire carbine size assault rifle manufactured by Bushmaster Firearms International, modeled on the AR-15. It is one of the Bushmaster XM15 line of rifles and carbines.
The AR-10 is slightly larger and heavier than the AR-15. It was originally designed to chamber the military 7.62x51 NATO cartridge (also .308), which has a COAL of 2.800" (71.12mm) 45 Raptor , uses the standard 7.62 NATO case, cut to a length of 1.800" from 2.015", resulting in a straight-wall cartridge, neck is sized to 0.452".
May 15, 2022 at 11:50 PM The gun shop owner who sold the Bushmaster XM-15 to the 18-year-old accused of killing 10 people at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., said his customer had passed a ...
Bushmaster Arm Pistol, a 5.56×45mm NATO weapon classified as either a long pistol or short rifle; Bushmaster M17S, a semi-automatic bullpup rifle; Bushmaster ACR, an assault rifle originally designed by Magpul; Bushmaster XM-15, a line of AR-15 pattern rifles and carbines; Bushmaster M4-type Carbine, a carbine in the XM-15 family
Some AR-15 parts were used in its construction and it used STANAG type magazines. [4] Production ceased in 1988 for the pistol variant and 1991 for the rifle following Bushmaster's acquisition by the Quality Products Company the previous year; [4] the company now known as Bushmaster is primarily known for making the more common AR-15 type ...