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Looks like someone broke off the rear sight ears (in the color photo). Wonder what the original source of that photo is. The color one is actually an AR-12. From what I remember, it was a prototype for an AR that was simpler and lighter but, when Colt purchased the patents to the rifle and gas system, it was converted into a piston design and served as the basis for the AR-16. I purchased a more thorough version of the AR-16 brochure and it contains a lot of information on the manufacturing processes and names of many of the parts. It's a very interesting design that I'd love to try and rebuild some day. |
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The color one is actually an AR-12. From what I remember, it was a prototype for an AR that was simpler and lighter but, when Colt purchased the patents to the rifle and gas system, it was converted into a piston design and served as the basis for the AR-16. I purchased a more thorough version of the AR-16 brochure and it contains a lot of information on the manufacturing processes and names of many of the parts. It's a very interesting design that I'd love to try and rebuild some day. Quoted:
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Looks like someone broke off the rear sight ears (in the color photo). Wonder what the original source of that photo is. The color one is actually an AR-12. From what I remember, it was a prototype for an AR that was simpler and lighter but, when Colt purchased the patents to the rifle and gas system, it was converted into a piston design and served as the basis for the AR-16. I purchased a more thorough version of the AR-16 brochure and it contains a lot of information on the manufacturing processes and names of many of the parts. It's a very interesting design that I'd love to try and rebuild some day. Yep, the top photo was originally published by Ian of the "Forgotten Weapons" website. I can't find it now, but I could have sworn that he made a video concerning it during a seminar at KAC/IMT. |
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