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The tests found that a five to seven man team armed with AR-15s had the same firepower as an 11-man team armed with M14s [40] and soldiers armed with AR-15s could also carry three times more ammunition than those armed with M14s (649 rounds vs. 220 rounds). [40] The AR-15 was found to be three times more reliable than the M14 rifle. [3]
The early commercial SP-1 AR-15s used a pair of 0.250-inch (6.4 mm) diameter receiver push pins, identical to those found on the military rifles. In 1966 the company replaced the front pin with a paired nut and screw hinge using a 0.315-inch-diameter (8.0 mm) pin to prevent shooters from being able to change receivers with military rifles or ...
In 2009, the term "modern sporting rifle" was coined by the National Shooting Sports Foundation for its survey that year as a marketing term used by the firearms industry to describe modular semi-automatic rifles including AR-15s. [23] [4] [24] [12] Today, nearly every major firearm manufacturer produces its own generic AR-15–style rifle.
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.
Off-duty police officers carrying their guns in public were arrested for failure to comply with the law. This gun ban was a measure to prevent political killings, as the Philippines often deals with armed conflict during elections such as the Maguindanao massacre. [7] This move saw opposition from the gun lobby, especially from members of PROGUN.
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The BRN-180 is designed to be fitted to mil-spec AR-15 lower receivers and unlike standard AR-15s the BRN-180 can be fired with the stock folded. [33] The BRN-180 comes with an adjustable gas block and a free-floating modular handguard and is available in 18.5, 16 and 10.5 in (470, 410 and 270 mm) barrel lengths.
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