This 100-round drum magazine costs $116.99. While many AR-15s can be purchased for less than $1,000, sights, grips, stocks and other accessories can cost hundreds of dollars. He also said the gun is favored because of its low recoil. For all AR-15s, the shooting action is standard, “but it can go from there, however you want to accessorize it,” he said. Why is the AR-15 popular with gun owners?ĪR-15s are highly customizable, Proctor said. The weapon’s projectile velocity-how fast the bullet travels-is around 3,200 feet per second. While that is smaller than some rifles, it is comparable to an M-16’s-long the U.S. What are the AR-15’s technical specifications? The AR-15 and the M-16 are identical in shape, style and operation, except for a key distinction: M-16s are capable of automatic fire, said Frank Proctor, a performance shooting and law enforcement training weapons expert in Alabama (automatic AR-15s do exist, but the vast majority of Americans cannot buy them.) Because the two rifles are so similar, the AR-15 is essentially the semi-automatic version-one pull of the trigger, one shot-of the M-16, Proctor said.
And failed 2015 legislation that would have banned some semi-automatic guns did not classify the AR-15 as an assault weapon. It stands for “ArmaLite” - the company that created the AR in the 1950s. She’s one son of a gun of a gun.”Īccording to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, “AR” does not stand for “automatic” or “assault” rifle. Former Green Beret Barry Sadler sang an ode to his AR-15 he used in the Vietnam war in the 1960s, entitled “ One Son of a Gun of a Gun.” A line from the song: “You see this AR-15, she’s hot and she’s mean, and she ain’t built for love or fun. The rifle has been an American staple for decades.
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