One of the most notable rifles used during World War II, the M1 Garand was favored by Soldiers and Marines across the military. As a semi-automatic rifle firing a .30 ... This powerhouse of a weapon saw service during Vietnam as the standard-issue rifle until it was replaced by the M16. Now, it's a designated marksman rifle.

The M4 carbine is very similar to the M16A2 assault rifle, but features a shorter 14.5-inch barrel as opposed to the twenty-inch barrel of the M16. Like the M16A2, the M4 carbine fires the 5.56-millimeter round from a thirty-round magazine and has both semiautomatic and three-round-burst modes. Recently ...

Even Forrest Gump can figure out that a pistol grip stock isn't going to change the capabilities of the rifle. The first AR-15/M-16 rifles were manufactured by Colt Firearms. Today there are a myriad of gun companies manufacturing rifles based on the AR-15 platform. The term “AR-15” refers to any rifle built on ...

The AK-47 and the AK-74 assault rifles have long been associated with the remnants of the Soviet Union. In fact, the two iconic weapons still ... Though it looks just like the standard rifle of the US military on the surface, the WAC-47 is unlike any M-16 or M4 you've ever seen or used before. While it has the same features as ...

Decades before the U.S. military transitioned away from the M16 assault rifle in favor of the lightweight M4 carbine, the Army eyed an unusual-looking ... its home country of Germany, but the end of the Cold War and reunification of the nation forced the G11 into obscurity with only 1,000 rifles ever produced.

This story has been updated. The Army may be working overtime to field a more powerful rifle to replace the M4 carbine and M16 rifle that soldiers have been complaining about for years, but that's not stopping the branch from buying more: A presolicitation published by Army Contracting Command on April ...

Although the Army is working overtime to field a rifle to replace the M4 and M16, a presolicitation published by Army Contracting Command on April 11 proposes up to two five-year contracts to supply the branch with 18,000 to 215,000 M16A4 rifles apiece. Such a major purchase over an extended timeline ...

Photo (c) CribbVisuals - Getty Images Bank of America is the latest major bank to pull back from clients who produce military style rifles for civilians, such ... 17 people were killed earlier this year at a Florida High School by a killer wielding an AR-15, a civilian version of the M-16 rifle used by the U.S. military.

The Defense Logistics Agency, which has managed the surplus program since 1995, doles out to local police departments military items ranging from M16 assault rifles and mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles to computers and office equipment that the military no longer uses. The program ...

And if you try to describe an assault rifle, he says manufacturers will simply make alterations to get around the ban. ... U.S. District Judge William Young cited a 2008 Supreme Court decision that found that “weapons that are most useful in military service — M-16 rifles and the like” are not protected under ...

They comprised two Tavor assault rifles, four M-16 rifles, 20 M-16 upper receivers, four M16 lower receivers and three hand flares. Mr Chayut admitted that he was delivering the weapons from a neighbouring country to a customer in Saraburi. The illegal weapons had reportedly been dropped off in ...

WASHINGTON — Even as the National Rifle Association says that the Constitution protects the right of Americans to buy semi-automatic assault ... or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings,” even making a reference to M-16 rifles “that are most ...

Unlike their fully automatic progenitor, the U.S. armed forces' M-16, AR-15-style rifles are semiautomatic and have never been “illegal.” Incidentally, according to the Bureau ... The Federal Assault Weapons Ban was part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. This law prohibited the ...

For some, it's a symbol of American freedom. For others, it's a horrific killing machine. The AR-15, a civilian version of the military's M16 rifle, isn't a single gun as much as a family of guns that operate similarly and are produced by a variety of manufacturers. Juan OrtegaContact Reporter · Privacy Policy.

Enter the Motor City Madman, musician Ted Nugent, perhaps the National Rifle Association's most outspoken board member. ... AR-15 semiautomatic rifles are the civilian equivalent of the M4 and M16 rifles – select fire weapons (semiautomatic or a three-round burst) that use similar ammunition. Though ...

Nugent, like many on the right, have been flustered by recent portrayals of firearms in the media and by the students, incensed when the semiautomatic AR-15 - what the NRA has called America's favorite rifle - is described as a "weapon of war." Semiautomatic rifles are not carried into combat, Nugent said on the program.

The Weatherby Company was founded in 1945 by Roy Weatherby, and quickly came to be known as the West Coast purveyor of bolt action hunting rifles. In the 1960s, Weatherby partnered with Howa Machinery Company Limited of Aichi, Japan for the production of the new Weatherby Vanguard rifle.

“Obviously these high-powered rifles, (our current vests) are not going to protect against those unfortunately,” said Steve Johnson, the Chief Deputy of the Douglas County Sheriff's ... Matthew Riehl used four guns in his ambush of sheriff's deputies, including an M16 rifle, an M4 rifle, a shotgun and a Glock.

Tromix Lead Delivery Systems did a flashback this week to the very curious NFA-regulated Trimese-16 triple rifle. The gun, literally one-upping the infamous Siamese-16*, has three barreled uppers with interlocking gas tubes. The gas system of each feeds into the next rifle and it only has one trigger.

New York, NY -(Ammoland.com)- Make no mistake: the relentless assault on semiautomatic long-guns that antigun activists call “assault weapons” is itself an .... NY Times article, the reporters categorically state that AR-15 semiautomatic rifles are functionally equivalent to military M4 and M16 assault rifles.

ELIZABETH, Colo. (CBS4) – A CBS4 Investigation has learned that the Elbert County Sheriff's office is missing a military M16 assault rifle and multiple agencies are involved in trying to figure out what happened to the military surplus firearm. Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap confirmed to CBS4 that the ...

The AR-15 hit the market in the early 1960s. The “AR” stands for ArmaLite, the company that developed the gun in the 1950s — not “Assault Rifle” or “Automatic Rifle.” The AR-15, a civilian version of the military's M16 rifle, isn't a single gun as much as a family of guns that operate similarly and are produced ...

All the major military powers field their own 12.7mm/.50 caliber-class sniper rifles, with Russia's OSV-96 rifle serving with the Russian Ground Forces and ... While the M16 series of rifles had a maximum effective range of approximately 600 yards, the Barrett can reach out to 1,500 yards or more, and the ...

He told fellow commissioners he was trained in the use of a M-16 while in the Air Force and that he believes AR-15s and other assault weapons have the same purpose of the M-16, and that is to kill as many people as quickly as possible. “The AR-15 is the weapon of choice for what has happened in this ...

Here's a quick history lesson on why AR-15 has become the umbrella term for a range of semi-automatic rifles made by a host of gun makers. "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.".

C.J. Chivers is a reporter for The New York Times, a former Marine infantry officer and the author of “The Gun,” a history of assault rifles and their effects ... The main functional difference between the military's M16 and M4 rifles and a civilian AR-15 is the “burst” mode on many military models, which allow ...

The NSSF added, "AR-15-style rifles look like military rifles, such as the M-16, but function like other semi-automatic civilian sporting firearms, firing only one round with each pull of the trigger." States also tend to have different definitions in gun laws for what is an assault weapon or assault rifle, and it often ...

The Pentagon's version of the rifle, renamed the M16 and capable of automatic or burst fire, was first distributed to American troops in Vietnam, and versions of the gun that do not fire automatically became enormously popular for civilian use. AR-15s were targeted under the Assault Weapons Ban from 1994 ...

For decades, troops have been complaining about the limitations of the M16 rifle and M4 carbine, both of which are hindered by the same flawed operating system that makes the weapons jam easily. But after years of ignoring small arms in favor of expensive aircraft and warships, the Pentagon is taking a ...

They pointed to 2004, when the AR-15 re-entered the gun market after the end of the federal assault weapons ban, at a time of heightened interest in ... Light, precise and with little recoil, the Colt Armalite Rifle-15 Sporter hit the market in the early 1960s as the first civilian version of the military's M16 rifle.

Left, an X-ray of a leg showing a bullet wound delivered by an assault rifle used in combat. Right, an X-ray of a leg that sustained a bullet wound from a low-energy bullet, inflicted by a weapon like a handgun in Philadelphia.Creditvia Dr. Jeremy W. Cannon. Perhaps no one knows the devastating wounds ...

Critically, Young wrote that Scalia "explained that 'weapons that are most useful in military service—M-16 rifles and the like' are not protected under the Second Amendment." "The AR-15 and the M16 were designed and manufactured simultaneously for the military and share very similar features and ...

Following a heated debate over the number of semi-automatic long rifles that a police department should possess, the Euharlee City Council reluctantly acceded to the police chief's request that each officer ... "I served in the Marine Corps and have extensive training with AR-15 and M-16 rifles," he said.