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The ArmaLite AR-10 is a 7.62×51mm NATO battle rifle designed by Eugene Stoner in the late 1950s and manufactured by ArmaLite (then a division of the Fairchild Aircraft Corporation).
An Armalite rifle (AR) is one of a series of rifles the ArmaLite company made or, more generally, a rifle based on one of its designs, such as the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle. Eugene Stoner , Jacques Michault, Melvin Johnson , Robert Fremont, and Jim Sullivan are some of the designers credited with their development. [ 1 ]
The AR-10 is slightly larger and heavier than the AR-15. It was originally designed to chamber the military 7.62x51 NATO cartridge (also .308), which has a COAL of 2.800" (71.12mm) 45 Raptor , uses the standard 7.62 NATO case, cut to a length of 1.800" from 2.015", resulting in a straight-wall cartridge, neck is sized to 0.452".
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.
ArmaLite AR-10. In 1955, Stoner completed initial design work on the revolutionary ArmaLite AR-10, a lightweight (3.29 kg (7.25 lb)) select-fire infantry rifle in 7.62×51mm NATO caliber. Besides featuring the Stoner bolt and carrier piston system, the AR-10 stock was in line with the bore to reduce muzzle rise, especially during automatic fire.
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 ...
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.
ArmaLite AR-5: ArmaLite.22 Hornet United States: 1956 ArmaLite AR-7: ArmaLite.22 Long Rifle United States: 1958 ArmaLite AR-10: ArmaLite: 7.62×51mm NATO.308 Winchester. 6.5mm Creedmoor United States: 1956 ArmaLite AR-15: ArmaLite.223 Remington 5.56×45mm NATO United States: 1959 ArmaLite AR-18: ArmaLite: 5.56×45mm NATO United States: 1963 ...