Chivers, C. J. (2010). "Chapter 7: The Accidental Rifle". The Gun. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp.263–336, see also "A Note About the M16 Series of Rifles in 2010", pp. 415–416. ISBN 978-0743270762. OCLC 795609613. --> The 30 Best AR-Style Rifles for Hunting and Personal Defense". Field & Stream. September 18, 2019. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019 . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

In September 2019, Colt Firearms announced it was discontinuing production of the AR-15 for the consumer market, citing "significant excess manufacturing capacity" across the industry and the company's "high-volume contracts" with military and police forces that were "absorbing all of Colt's manufacturing capacity for rifles". [85] However, in 2020, Colt resumed production of the AR-15, following a surge in demand in the United States consumer market. [86] Left Hand". Moriarti Armaments. Archived from the original on March 9, 2018 . Retrieved March 6, 2018. And because Congress had made the AR-15 forbidden fruit, sales actually exploded. In 1995, Americans owned about 400,000 of them. “By the end of 2021,” McWhirter and Elinson write, “that number jumped to more than 20 million.” Lego Kits for Adults". AR Blog. July 13, 2016. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017 . Retrieved January 30, 2017.Features [ edit ] AR-15A2 with the upper and lower receiver opened at the front hinge The AR-15A2's most distinctive ergonomic feature is the carrying handle and rear sight assembly on top of the receiver. Upper receivers [ edit ] Dyke bought the company out of bankruptcy. At his first gun show, an angry customer confronted him. “I got one of your goddamned guns and it’s no damned good,” the man barked, according to Kent. “It sure isn’t,” Dyke admitted. “But we will soon have a gun that is.”

Myre, Greg (February 28, 2018). "A Brief History Of The AR-15". National Public Radio. Archived from the original on May 13, 2023 . Retrieved November 20, 2021. AR" comes from the name of the gun's original manufacturer, ArmaLite, Inc. The letters stand for ArmaLite Rifle — and not for "assault rifle" or "automatic rifle. Lloyd, Whitney (February 16, 2018). "Why AR-15-style rifles are popular among mass shooters". ABC News. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018 . Retrieved June 6, 2018. In 1964, Colt began selling its own version with an improved semi-automatic design known as the Colt AR-15. [21] After Colt's patents expired in 1977, an active marketplace emerged for other manufacturers to produce and sell their own semi-automatic AR-15–style rifles. [1] Some versions of the AR-15 were classified as " assault weapons" and banned under the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act in 1994 within the United States. This act expired in 2004. [2] [22] Pikula, Major Sam (1998). The ArmaLite AR-10 Rifle: The Saga of the First Modern Combat Rifle. Regnum Fund Press. pp.27–29. ISBN 9986-494-38-9.JORDAN MICHAELS, Judge Finds Serious 'Disconnect' in ATF's Classification of AR-15 Lower Receivers as 'Firearms' , Guns America LLC, archived from the original on February 1, 2023

Chris Mudgett (April 16, 2020). "7 Things You Need to Know Before Buying an AR Pistol". Outdoor Life. Archived from the original on May 10, 2023 . Retrieved March 25, 2021. The receiver is Aero’s Gen 2 lower, which boasts a flared magazine well and has a tension screw to keep the play out of the upper and the lower. I would have preferred the inclusion of iron sights and– given the flexibility of the .223 Wylde to shoot the longer-ranged .223 Remington — a muzzle brake of some kind, as the A2 feels out of place with the rest of the rifle’s build quality. a b c d Harrison (NRA Technical Staff), E. H. (Col.) (June 1957). "New Service Rifle" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2015.Zimba, Jeff W. "Colt ArmaLite AR-15 Rifle #000106 The Coconut Rifle". smallarmsreview.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2022 . Retrieved November 13, 2017. Horman, B. Gil. "Review: Troy 223 National Sporting Pump-Action Rifle". American Rifleman. Archived from the original on March 1, 2018 . Retrieved February 27, 2018. With the slate of aftermarket support, you can take your AR in whatever direction you want when it comes to colors, and accessories. and overall configuration.

x 45 mm) Ammunition". netres.comm. May 3, 2001. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022 . Retrieved February 18, 2022.DeSantis said he was also irritated that Dyke used the company as a jobs program for family and friends. His son Jeff was a Bushmaster employee and board member, and he put four of his girlfriend’s children on the payroll. Jeff Dyke declined to comment. U.S. Patent 2,951,424 describes the cycling mechanism used in the original AR-15. The bolt carrier acts as a movable cylinder and the bolt itself acts as a piston. This mechanism is often called " direct gas impingement", although that is now considered to be a misconception. [9] The mechanism is now referred to as an "internal gas piston operating system". a b c d e Kern, Danford Allan (2006). The influence of organizational culture on the acquisition of the m16 rifle (PDF) (Master of Military Art and Science). Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: US Army Command and General Staff College. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2013 . Retrieved August 19, 2016– via m-14parts.com. Over the decades, records show, Dyke bought or started scores of other businesses, sometimes owning as many as 10 at a time. There was an inn on the Caribbean island of Antigua, a candle company, a restaurant called Mr. D’s, a nursing home and an apartment building in Portland, Maine, that he named after his father, “The Earl.” He invested in a Windham, Maine, firm that made poker chips and sold them to Trump casinos. AR-15-style semiautomatic weapons are civilian versions of military weapons that gun control advocates say aren't very different.