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The ArmaLite AR-7 Explorer is a semi-automatic firearm in .22 Long Rifle caliber, developed in 1959 from the AR-5 that was adopted by the U.S. Air Force as a pilot and aircrew survival weapon. [1] The AR-7 was adopted and modified by the Israeli Air Force as an aircrew survival weapon in the 1980s.
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ArmaLite, or Armalite, is an American small arms engineering company, formed in the early 1950s, in Hollywood, California.Many of its products, as conceived by chief designer Eugene Stoner, relied on unique foam-filled fiberglass butt/stock furniture, and a composite barrel using a steel liner inside an aluminum sleeve, including the iconic AR-15/M16 family.
Armaguerra Mod. 39 rifle: 6.5×52mm Carcano. 7.65×53mm Mauser Italy 1939 Armalite AR-7: Armalite.22 LR United States 1959 AR10T: Armalite.308 Winchester 7.62×51mm NATO United States 1956 Armscor AK22: Armscor.22 LR Philippines: 1987 Armscor M16 22: Armscor.22 LR Philippines: Barrett 50 Cal/M82/M107: Barrett Firearms Manufacturing.50 BMG.416 ...
An AR-15 is a semi-automatic or self-loading rifle that has been called "America's rifle" by the NRA with well over 15 million sold by 2019. " Semi-automatic " means that the weapon's operator ...
Additionally, the rifle was able to float in water, whether it was assembled or stowed. [6] Armalite used the research and tooling for the AR-5/MA-1 to develop the Armalite AR-7, an eight-shot semi-automatic takedown rifle chambered for the .22 Long Rifle cartridge. Released in 1959 as a civilian survival weapon and in continuous production ...
The “AR” in AR-15 rifle stands for ArmaLite Rifle, after the company that developed it in 1957. The letters do not stand for “assault rifle” or “automatic rifle.” In 1959, Colt ...
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