the ar 15 was first sold to us civilians on september 1918.
the ar 15 was first sold to us civilians on september 1918.
when was the ar 15 first sold to us civilians?
september 1918
due to financial problems, and limitations in terms of manpower and production capacity, armalite sold the armalite rifle-15, abbreviated ar-15 design and the ar-15 trademark along with the armalite ar-10 to colt's manufacturing company in 1959. colt started selling the semi-automatic version of the m16 rifle as the colt ar-15 in 1964. the first mass production version was the colt ar-15 sporter, in .223 remington, with a 20-inch barrel and issued with 5-round magazines. over the decades, colt has made many different types of ar-15 rifle and carbine models, including the ar-15, ar-15a2, ar-15a3, ar-15a4, and many other models.
colt ar-15
the route begins at us 79 business and runs north, intersecting arkansas highway 31 in sherrill near the sherrill methodist episcopal church and the tucker school in tucker before entering lonoke county. upon entering england, ar 15 forms a concurrency with u.s. route 165 north to keo for . ar 15 continues due north across u.s. route 70 (near the historic us route 70 union valley segment) and interstate 40 (ar 15 being exit 169, remington rd.) before ending at ar 89/ar 294 west.









































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