Combining versatility with functionality, Brownells'® new AR-15/M16 carry handle scope bases offers AR-15/M16 shooters the opportunity to mount a scope while maintaining the ability to use the ...

The rifle fired incredibly fast 1.6-inch long flechettes which moved at nearly 5,000 feet per second – by comparison, a 5.56mm round from an M16 moves at about 3,000 feet per second.

When the Army ordered its now standard M4 carbine in 1993 from firearms maker Colt, it saw the rifle as a lighter, more agile alternative to the Vietnam era M16. In 2023, it will begin fielding a ...

There Are Different Types of M16s You may not know the M16 has different variants. For the purposes of this article, I will stick to describing the M16A2 versus the M16A3. (The M16A4 has a ...

The M16’s predecessor in U.S. military service, the 7.62x51mm NATO (.308 caliber) M14, had become the standard-issue rifle back in 1959, except for the U.S. Air Force Air Police/Security Police ...