How many know what AR really stands for?

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The AR-10B (note the B) is the modern reproduction of the original AR-10. It's even got the the Pegasus Logo instead of the lion.
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You're right. I went back and looked it up. I wasn't sure when they actually changed the charging trigger.
 
You're right. I went back and looked it up. I wasn't sure when they actually changed the charging trigger
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Wasn't it Colt that moved the charging handle from under the carry handle to behind it?
 
I think what happened is Armalite forced a change of barrels on the AR-10 to make it lighter. During the SA trials the AR barrel blew up. Afterwards Armalite was allowed to resubmit and was scheduled for a new set of trials but by that time politics set in and I think colt won the contract.
 
I think what happened is Armalite forced a change of barrels on the AR-10 to make it lighter. During the SA trials the AR barrel blew up. Afterwards Armalite was allowed to resubmit and was scheduled for a new set of trials but by that time politics set in and I think colt won the contract.
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I think it was new light weight barrel that hadn't been tested yet and despite E. Stoner's protests they shipped it off to the army tests anyway. Stoner had a fit from what I hear. That's what you get when you don't pay attention to the designer who knew the weapon better than anyone. :banghead:
 
Acceptable Recoil, after all, it was first in the .223

Of course, there is the Almost Robust.
 
I still love the Armalite. I used to shoot my M1 all the time at the 300 yd range until I bought the AR10B. I'm also a hopeless iron sight fanatic and love shooting at long ranges, I've even had to file down the front sight so I can at least see the bull at 300. With the reloads I use the AR is just as accurate or more so then many of the other rifles I've seen using the same distances.
It's also interesting that when I scrounge for brass at the end of my shift I see hardly any .223 brass at the 200/300 ranges, and we have a lot of .223 shooters. At the 150ft range there are probably equal numbers of handgunners and AR15 shooters. That tells me which rifles are actually used at longer ranges.
 
Assault Rifle. Oh sorry, I just remembered we aren't supposed to use that term anymore.

Armalite it is then.
 
Dick Boutelle, the VP of Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Co. and the power behind Fairchild's Armalite division, said it stood for ARmalite.

The R certainly doesn't stand for rifle since the first product for public sale was the AR-5, a semi-auto shotgun. The second was the AR-7, the little .22LR "survival" rifle that could be stored in its own stock and would float. It has survived (though heaven knows why) through several manufacturers, and AFAIK is now being made by Henry.

Jim
 
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