¿Por qué se le dice R 15 al arma?

Al poco tiempo de que el Ejército estadounidense adoptase el M16, la Colt introdujo su línea de fusiles semiautomáticos Colt AR-15, que son ofertados al mercado civil y policial. La Colt continúa empleando el nombre AR-15 en estos fusiles como un homenaje al ArmaLite AR-15, su predecesor.

¿Qué significa AR en armas?

No se suponía que sería así, por supuesto. El AR-15 fue desarrollado por Eugene Stoner, un exinfante de marina,en la década de 1950 para un emprendimiento de California llamado ArmaLite. AR es la abreviatura de Armalite, no de assault rifle (fusil de asalto).

¿Qué es el AR?

Los Rifles ó Fusiles de Asalto, son armas diseñadas para el combate, se pueden utilizar tanto de forma Automática ó Semiautomática. En la actualidad estos Rifles son el arma de infantería más utilizado por los ejércitos modernos.

¿Qué significa municion ar?

En el diccionario castellano municionar significa proveer y abastecer de municiones una plaza, un castillo o a los soldados para su defensa o manutención.

When did the colt SP1 come out?

This is an early Colt AR-15 SP1 rifle manufactured in 1976. It has the early style upper receiver without forward assist and the original Colt AR-15 marked lower receiver. It has the original two-position rear sight and adjustable post front sight.

What is a colt SP1 AR-15?

The Colt SP1 shown here is one of the earliest available AR-15 rifles offered to the general public on a wide scale. Colt took two directions in marketing this rifle: As this was an era where gun ownership was typically equated with hunting, the rifle was marketed to private citizens as a lightweight, space age sporting arm.

Why is a colt SP1 called a “pencil barrel”?

The other is that Colt did this as a form of intellectual property protection, so that another company’s upper receiver wouldn’t work on a Colt SP1 lower. The reason why it’s called “pencil barrel” and “birdcage”. (Photo: Francis Borek)

Why did colt put the upper receiver on the SP1?

It is unknown why this is so, but there are two prevailing theories: The first is that the US Army asked Colt to do this in order to prevent soldiers from stealing upper receivers and using them on privately owned SP1s or vice versa.