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  2. List of Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle variants - Wikipedia

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    1973 Colt AR-15 SP1 rifle with "slab side" lower receiver (lacking raised boss around magazine release button) and original Colt 20-round magazine. M16A1 rifle with forward assist, raised boss around magazine release button and a 30-round magazine. This article describes the many variations of the Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle family of weapons ...

  3. M16 rifle - Wikipedia

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    The M16 is a lightweight, 5.56 mm, air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine -fed assault rifle, with a rotating bolt. The M16's receivers are made of 7075 aluminum alloy, its barrel, bolt, and bolt carrier of steel, and its handguards, pistol grip, and buttstock of plastics.

  4. Colt AR-15 - Wikipedia

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    The Colt AR-15 is a lightweight, magazine -fed, gas-operated, autoloading rifle manufactured by Colt's Manufacturing Company ("Colt"). [1] The rifle is a derivative of its predecessor, the ArmaLite AR-15, an automatic rifle designed by Eugene Stoner and other engineers at ArmaLite in 1956. Colt currently owns the AR-15 trademark and uses it for ...

  5. ArmaLite AR-15 - Wikipedia

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    The ArmaLite AR-15[note 3] is a gas-operated assault rifle manufactured in the United States between 1959 and 1964. [10] Designed by American gun manufacturer ArmaLite in 1956, it was based on its AR-10 rifle. The ArmaLite AR-15 was designed to be a lightweight rifle and to fire a new high-velocity, lightweight, small-caliber cartridge to allow ...

  6. Colt Canada C7 and C8 - Wikipedia

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    The C7 series of firearms is driven by the same Stoner bolt and carrier gas system as the M16 series. Like the M16A1 and M16A3 , the C7 has both semi-automatic and fully automatic fire modes. The C7 also features the structural strengthening, spent case deflector, improved handguards, and longer stock developed for the M16A2.

  7. Comparison of the AK-47 and M16 - Wikipedia

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    The two rifles are disassembled into groups. In addition to having better reliability and a larger caliber, it is cheaper than the M16. The price of an AK-47 in Somalia is equal to what would be $400 in the U.S. One standard 30-round magazine is 9 to 15 cents, and it is selective-fire, permitted to civilians.

  8. AR-15–style rifle - Wikipedia

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    An AR-15–style rifle is a lightweight semi-automatic rifle based on or similar to the Colt AR-15 design. The Colt model removed the selective fire feature of its predecessor, the original ArmaLite AR-15, which is a scaled-down derivative of the AR-10 design (by Eugene Stoner). It is closely related to the military M16 rifle.

  9. Colt Automatic Rifle - Wikipedia

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    Sights. Adjustable front and rear iron sight. optical sights. The Colt Automatic Rifle or Colt Light Machine Gun is a 5.56 mm NATO, open-bolt, full-automatic-only firearm developed by Colt Defense. It is based on the M16A2/A4, and has a distinctive squared-off handguard, vertical grip, carrying handle and integrated bipod.