The Evolution of the M16 Rifle

Retro Colt M16 Doing it’s Thing at the Range 💥💥💥💥🇺🇸Colt began manufacturing the M16 rifle in the 1960s. The M16 was developed by the United States military as a replacement for the M14 rifle. The military began looking for a new rifle in the 1950s to replace the M14, and by the early 1960s, the new design, called the AR-15, was developed by ArmaLite, a division of the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation. However, ArmaLite did not have the capacity to produce the new rifle in large qu