Summary and Key Points: The M16 rifle, designed by Eugene Stoner and ... Eugene Stoner and the folks at Armalite designed the AR-15 all the way back in 1956. It would be another six years before ...

Today, this weapon is the most popular rifle in America ... Royalties from the M16 made him wealthy; Colt, which purchased the rights to the gun from ArmaLite, sold millions of the weapons ...

First developed in the 1950s for civilian use, the AR-15 rifle was named after its manufacturer, Armalite ... accessories or assemble the different parts yourself, making it highly appealing ...

Other rifles based on the philosophy of the StG 44, like the AK47 and the M16, are also called assault rifles. Today, the AR in AR-15 still stands for ArmaLite Rifle, even though Colt popularized it.

Experts vary in their description of what AR stands for (there’s discrepancy about whether it stands for the company that designed the firearm, “ArmaLite ... The M16, a military rifle ...

Light, precise and with little recoil, the Colt Armalite Rifle-15 Sporter was the first civilian version of the military’s M16 rifle when it first hit the market in the 1960s. It had a patented ...