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High Standard Firearms was an American manufacturer of firearms, based in Houston, Texas. The company was founded in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1926 as a supplier to the numerous firearms companies in the Connecticut Valley. It was based in New Haven from 1932-1945, at which time it was relocated to suburban Hamden, CT, where it continued to ...
Rifles styled like the AR-15 come in many sizes and have many options, depending on the manufacturer. The lower receiver, without the receiver extension, rear takedown pin, and buttstock, is shown at bottom. An AR-15–style rifle is a lightweight semi-automatic rifle based on or similar to the Colt AR-15 design.
A year ago, the 18-year-old shooter who killed 19 students and two teachers at a Uvalde elementary school used two AR-15-style semi-automatic rifles. Salvador Ramos had posted photos of both guns ...
Palmetto State Armory also produces a line of 1911 handguns, [5] AR-10 rifles, 9mm AR-style pistols [6] and various AR style rifled-uppers ranging in caliber and cartridge dimensions from .22 Long Rifle to .308 Win/7.62x51 NATO. Their latest offering, is the PSA Dagger pistol chambered in 9mm, which is based on the 3rd generation Glock G19. [7]
Gun makers have taken in more than $1 billion from selling AR-15-style guns over the past decade, at times marketing them as a way for young men to prove their masculinity, even as the number of ...
The Bushmaster XM-15 series (or XM15 [3]) is a line of AR-15 style semi-automatic rifles and carbines manufactured by Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC. [2] Variants include the Bushmaster M4-type Carbine , Patrolman series, QRC series, Bushmaster XM15-E2S, and the Carbon 15 line.
A smaller version of the AR-10 and adopted by the United States military as the M16 rifle. Later developed by Colt into a popular semi-automatic Colt AR-15. AR-16: 7.62×51mm NATO: ArmaLite: Prototype battle rifle. ArmaLite AR-17: 12 gauge: Semiautomatic 12ga 2shot shotgun based on the earlier AR-9. AR-18: 5.56×45mm NATO
The company manufactures AR-15 style rifles chambered in .223 Remington/5.56×45mm NATO and AR-10 style rifles chambered in .308 Winchester and .260 Remington, among others. The company attracted attention within the firearms industry with its version of the AR-10, the Panther LR-308, earning Shooting Illustrated 's 2005 Golden Bullseye Award ...