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  2. .223 Remington - Wikipedia

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    The .223 Remington (designated 223 Remington by SAAMI [4] and 223 Rem. by the C.I.P. [5]) is a rimless, bottlenecked, centerfire intermediate cartridge.It was developed in 1957 by Remington Arms and Fairchild Industries for the U.S. Continental Army Command of the United States Army as part of a project to create a small-caliber, high-velocity firearm.

  3. List of ArmaLite rifles - Wikipedia

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    .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. 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

  4. List of AR platform cartridges - Wikipedia

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    The AR-15 rifle usually comes chambered for either the military cartridge 5.56×45mm or the .223 Remington. Because of the pressures associated with the 5.56×45mm, it is not advisable to fire 5.56×45mm rounds in an AR-15 marked as .223 Remington, since this can result in damage to the rifle or injury to the shooter. [1]

  5. List of Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle variants - Wikipedia

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    .223 REM 20 in. A1 1:12 Yes A1 Birdcage 605: Model 605: A1 Triangular S-1-F A1 No No .223 REM 15 in. A1 1:12 No Type 2 Duckbill 605A: Model 605A: A1 Triangular S-1-F A1 Yes No .223 REM 15 in. A1 1:12 No Type 2 Duckbill 605B Model 605B: A1 Triangular S-F-1-3 A1 No No .223 REM 15 in. A1 1:12 No Type 2 Duckbill 606 CAR-15 Heavy Assault Rifle M1 ...

  6. ArmaLite - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. ArmaLite AR-10 - Wikipedia

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    In response, ArmaLite engineers Eugene Stoner, Jim Sullivan, and Bob Fremont used the basic AR-10 design to produce the ArmaLite AR-15 in .223 Remington, which was completed as a firing prototype in 1958. Fairchild-ArmaLite continued its efforts to sell both the AR-10 and AR-15 to various military forces around the world.

  8. ArmaLite AR-15 - Wikipedia

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    In the meantime, the Army would continue testing the AR-15, finding that the intermediate cartridge .223 (5.56 mm) rifle is much easier to shoot than the standard 7.62×51mm NATO M14 rifle. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] In 1961 marksmanship testing, the U.S. Army found that 43% of AR-15 shooters achieved Expert, while only 22% of M14 rifle shooters did so.

  9. List of semi-automatic rifles - Wikipedia

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    .223 Remington, 5.56x45 NATO (Bushmaster M4gery & XM15) 6.8mm Remington SPC, 7.62×39mm (Bushmaster M4gery) United States 1990s Calico Liberty: Calico Light Weapons Systems: 9x19 Parabellum United States 1980s Calico M100: Calico Light Weapons Systems.22 LR United States 1980s Carbon 15: Bushmaster Firearms International: 9×19mm Parabellum.223 ...