Colt ar-15
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Colt ar 15 full#
Please note stock can change at any time so call us at 30 to ensure your desired firearm is available.įirearms can be held for a non-refundable fee of 50% of the purchase price, and payment in full must be made within 30 days. A fantastic example of an extremely early Colt AR-15, in untouched original condition. Mechanically excellent with a bright bore. Includes one original Colt AR-15 marked 20 round magazine, with early Colt floorplate. Original black plastic handguard and stock are in likewise very fine condition, showing only expected minor scattered rub marks. Gun laws related to the AR-15 doesnt sound like a 'Colt AR-15 (TM)' subject but rather something that may be related to AR-15 style rifle which is the article where the general AR-15 type rifle is covered and includes discussions of AR-15s and the media discussions about the rifles after a number of mass shootings. Condition is very fine, retaining 97% original finish. Original rubber buttplate has no provision for cleaning kit trap, and stock has no storage for one.
Colt ar 15 serial#
Serial number in the 1800 range, with all proper early features, including the 3 pronged flash hider, no forward bolt assist, chrome bolt, bolt carrier not cut for forward assist, early type safety, and rear sling swivel being a separate component. 223 Remington cartridge, with most examples also being capable for the slightly increased powder loads present in 5.56mm NATO cartridges.CONDITION: Please see description for full condition details.įor sale is a very desirable Colt AR-15 manufactured in 1964, in original unaltered condition. Later civilian model AR-15s are not assault rifles, but typically classified as sporting rifles due to the lack of automatic fire, a fact that remains true for the vast majority of its civilian derivatives. The bolt rotates under recoil pressure to unlock it, allowing a cycling of the mechanism to eject the spent casing and load a live round into the chamber. The AR-15 is a gas-operated assault rifle using the direct impingement recoil system, where gases work directly on the bolt to cycle it. These original fully automatic AR-15s are not common, and surely extremely expensive compared to a semi-automatic. These semi-automatic variants would be, by definition, no longer assault rifles, however when they were first released to the American public in 1959, at least on the earliest models, they were capable of fully automatic fire. AR-15 variants are also common in civilian markets across the world, usually in semi-automatic. AR-15 variants are widely used by law enforcement in the United States, replacing the 9mm SMGs that preceded them due to their superior terminal ballistics while still maintaining a similar compact size. Colt AR-15 A4 20' Semi Automatic Rifle with Fixed Stock- CR6700A4. The AR-15 and its variants have seen military service in the Vietnam War, the War in Iraq, and the War in Afghanistan. The design of the AR-15 was eventually sold to Colt, who produced their own modified models and were adopted by the United States military. 223 Remington cartridge slightly (by switching the powder to one that would produce a higher velocity), this cartridge becoming the 5.56x45mm NATO. Army adopted AR-15 variants (as the M16), and modified the. The AR-15 was designed around this idea in 1957, being an AR-10 that was scaled down to take. After Colt's patents expired in 1977, Colt retained the trademark and is the exclusive owner of 'AR-15' designation.
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ArmaLite sold the patent and trademarks to Colt's Manufacturing Company in 1959. Army was forced to revisit the idea of a more lightweight rifle that fired an intermediate cartridge. An AR-15 style rifle is a lightweight semi-automatic rifle based on the ArmaLite AR-15 design. The AR-15 is a derivative of the original AR-10 it came about due to the fact that the U.S.