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To: GIdget2004

Why are they still called ARs? None of them come from ArmaLite, right?

65 posted on 09/19/2019 5:00:53 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)

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To: YogicCowboy

assault rifle /s

66 posted on 09/19/2019 5:09:03 PM PDT by rolling_stone (no justice no peace)

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To: YogicCowboy

Why are they still called ARs? None of them come from ArmaLite, right?

"AR" does indeed mean "ArmaLite". But when ArmaLite sold the AR15 design to Colt, the right to use the name ("AR15") apparently was also included in the deal. As a result, ArmaLite calls their AR15-type rifles M15s...

67 posted on 09/19/2019 5:57:28 PM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("He therefore who may resist, must be allowed to strike.")

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