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List of Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle variants. ArmaLite AR-15 with the charging handle located on top of the upper receiver, protected within the carrying handle and a 25-round magazine. 1973 Colt AR-15 SP1 rifle with "slab side" lower receiver (lacking raised boss around magazine release button) and original Colt 20-round magazine.
Colt has since made many different models of AR-15 rifle and carbine models, including the AR-15, AR-15A2, AR-15A3, AR-15A4, and others. Sale of new AR-15s in the US was banned by the Federal Assault Weapons Ban from 1994 to 2004. Colt and others continued to sell legally compliant versions during that period. [8]
The first version produced for commercial sale by Colt was the SP1 model AR-15 Sporter in .223 Remington, with a 20-inch (51 cm) barrel and issued with five-round magazines. [21] Initial sales of the Colt AR-15 were slow, primarily due to its fixed sights and carry handle that made scopes difficult to mount and awkward to use. [82]
Sights. Adjustable front and rear iron sight. optical sights. The Colt Automatic Rifle or Colt Light Machine Gun is a 5.56 mm NATO, open-bolt, full-automatic-only firearm developed by Colt Defense. It is based on the M16A2/A4, and has a distinctive squared-off handguard, vertical grip, carrying handle and integrated bipod.
Colt ACR. Colt Advanced Piston Carbine. Colt AR-15. Colt Automatic Rifle. Colt Canada C7 and C8. Colt Canada C20 DMR. Colt CM901. Colt IAR6940. Colt Lightning rifle.
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
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The first M16 (Model 604) was a variant of the Colt ArmaLite AR-15 Model 601. So technically the whole list is a list of Colt ArmaLite AR-15 variants. Therefore "List of Colt ArmaLite AR-15 variants" would be a more correct title. Since the Colt AR-15s are the semi-auto civilian versions of the modern M16s, the title is kind of incorrect.