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In 1888 the firm was incorporated as The Harrington & Richardson Arms Company. Their original capital investment was $75,000. ... H&R also manufactured M16A1 rifles ...
The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of assault rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military. The original M16 rifle was a 5.56×45mm automatic rifle with a 20-round magazine.
A U.S. M16A1 rifle (top) is compared to a Soviet AKMS rifle. 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.
An H&R Handy-Gun. The H&R Handy-Gun is a single-shot, breech-loading handgun produced from 1921 to 1934 by Harrington & Richardson. Two principal variants were produced: one with a rifled barrel and one smooth-bore. [1] [2] The rifled-barrel variant was produced from 1930 to 1934 and it featured a 12 1 ⁄ 4" barrel.
The Canadian company Colt Canada (formerly Diemaco) licensed production of a rifle (Colt Model 715) and carbine (Colt Model 725), but later went on to produce an entire line of AR-15/M16 pattern weapons developed independently. In May 2005, Colt's Manufacturing Company acquired Diemaco, and the name was changed to Colt Canada.
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This is a list of weapons or firearms designated A1 or A-1 : M121/A1 155mm Cartridge , a U.S. army chemical artillery shell Arsenal SLR-105 A1, a semi-automatic US import version of AK-74 and its airsoft gun model, the SLR105 A1
Four companies responded to the contract tender: AAI, Springfield Armory, Winchester Arms and Harrington & Richardson. AAI continued with the original 5.6×53mm XM110 rounds (or sized in 0,22 by 2.09 inches, while Springfield and Winchester used a new 5.6×44mm (0.22 by 1.73 inches) XM144 cartridge.