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  2. List of AR platform cartridges - Wikipedia

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    Because of the pressures associated with the 5.56×45mm, it is not advisable to fire 5.56×45mm rounds in an AR-15 marked as .223 Remington, since this can result in damage to the rifle or injury to the shooter. [1] The AR-15 can be chambered in many other calibers; it is then often referred to as an AR-15 style rifle.

  3. List of military headstamps - Wikipedia

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    Formerly the badge of the Sidney family, the broad arrow (or "Devil's Claws") symbol was appropriated by the British government to indicate the item was government issue. FF = Filling Factory. GCF = Government Cartridge Factory (1918–1919). ROF = Royal Ordnance Factory. SAA = Small Arms Ammunition Factory (1940–1946).

  4. AR-15–style rifle - Wikipedia

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    American Tactical OMNI AR-15–style rifle (lower in polymer), 5.56×45mm NATO caliber, with Millett DMS-1 scope and FAB Defense stock and grips. In the 1990s, sales of AR-15–style rifles increased dramatically, partly as a result of the introduction of the flat top upper receiver (M4 variant) which allowed scopes and sighting devices to be ...

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

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    ArmaLite AR-15 with the charging handle located on top of the upper receiver, protected within the carrying handle and a 25-round magazine. 1973 Colt AR-15 SP1 rifle with "slab side" lower receiver (lacking raised boss around magazine release button) and original Colt 20-round magazine.

  6. List of companies traded on the JSE - Wikipedia

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    Symbol Company Notes External link JSC Jasco Electronics Holdings Limited: electronics manufacture including telecom towers and ancillary equipment; electrical cables and security equipment: jasco.co.za: JSE JSE Limited: the Johannesburg Stock Exchange itself jse.co.za: JNC Jubilee Metals Group plc: platinum, nickel, copper exploration and ...

  7. AR15 (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Colt AR-15, a semi-automatic rifle manufactured and trademarked by Colt's Manufacturing Company, based on the original ArmaLite AR-15 design; ArmaLite AR-15, a selective fire rifle designed by ArmaLite and a predecessor to the United States M16 rifle; CAR-15, a line of compact, short barrel, selective-fire carbines manufactured by Colt; List of ...

  8. Receiver (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A disassembled Mauser action showing a partially disassembled receiver and bolt. In firearms terminology and at law, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has threaded interfaces for externally attaching ("receiving ...

  9. ArmaLite AR-15 - Wikipedia

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    The Armalite AR-15 is the parent of a variety of Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle variants. History After World War II, the United States military started looking for a single automatic rifle to replace the M1 Garand , M1/M2 Carbines , M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle , M3 "Grease Gun" and Thompson submachine gun .