News — ar-15 rifle

In the late 1950s, former U.S. Marine Eugene Stoner, developed the first AR-15 rifle to be used as a light weight multi-use civilian weapon. A common misconception about the name of the rifle is that AR is an acronym for Assault Riffle. In reality, the gun was named after the company that Mr. Stoner worked for at the time, ArmaLite.  Because of its looks and light weight design, the ArmaLite Rifle 15, or AR-15 initially met with an underwhelming reception. At the time, the American public simply was not accustomed to seeing weapons styled in this way, and they bore...