Comments by "Burnt Kitty Forge" (@BurntKittyForge-pl8ol) on "Trump rally shooting witness shares story: 'We saw a rifle' | NewsNation Prime" video.

  1. "The letters stand for ArmaLite Rifle — and not for "assault rifle" or "automatic rifle." ArmaLite first developed the AR-15 in the late 1950s as a military rifle, but had limited success in selling it. In 1959 the company sold the design to Colt.Feb 28, 2018" "M16s were produced by Colt until the late 1980s when FN Herstal (FN USA) began to manufacture them." "308). It was too large for the military's intended direction, so he downsized it to the AR15. That was accepted to be the M-16. Eventually the Armalite rights to the design were sold to Colt, who resurrected the AR moniker for a civilian version, semi auto only, of the rifle.Sep 29, 2021" "Did Stoner work for ArmaLite? In 1954 he came to work as chief engineer for ArmaLite, a division of Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corporation. While at ArmaLite, he designed a series of prototype small arms, including the AR-3, AR-9, AR-11, and AR-12, none of which saw significant production." EDIT: his interchangeable terms are correct imo, it got me wondering the sequence , I'd heard the order was too big for armalite to fill so colt got it, bought it ..I can't recall ever seeing FN herstall ever on an M16 , maybe they had a colt logo or nothing etched (?) as far as company or i didn't look hard enough , i remember the colt horse on them, btw
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  2. Armalite 180 is the one the Terminator used , it has a side folding stock where the buffer tube is on the ar ...i was looking at images for the ar9 ar11 ar 12 ar16 ..the AR 9 comes up modern blowback 9mm in an AR shell..interesting study off previous reply...for a second anyway
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