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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.
Chekhov's gun. Chekhov's gun (Chekhov's rifle; Russian: Чеховское ружьё) is a narrative principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary and irrelevant elements should be removed. For example, if a writer features a gun in a story, there must be a reason for it, such as it being fired some time later in the plot.
ArmaLite. A lightweight hunting style rifle that never made it past the prototype phase and according to reports had issues of exploding when fired. AR-15. .223 Remington, 5.56 NATO. ArmaLite, Colt's Manufacturing Company. A lightweight assault rifle. A smaller version of the AR-10 and adopted by the United States military as the M16 rifle.
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 ...
Here are five things you should know about AR-15 style weapons. 1. ArmaLite developed the weapon in the 1950s. The “AR” in AR-15 rifle stands for ArmaLite Rifle, after the company that ...
What is an AR-15 rifle, and why is it so popular for home defense, target practice and mass shooters? Here's what you need to know. Is an AR-15 an assault rifle?
The Colt AR-15, a type of semi-automatic rifle. A semi-automatic firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm (fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on self-loading firearms), is a repeating firearm whose action mechanism automatically loads a following round of cartridge into the chamber and prepares it for subsequent firing, but requires the shooter to ...
Literature. This glossary of literary terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in the discussion, classification, analysis, and criticism of all types of literature, such as poetry, novels, and picture books, as well as of grammar, syntax, and language techniques. For a more complete glossary of terms relating to poetry in ...