The armed forces adopted what was then the AR-15 under the designation M16. They weren’t exclusively used by the armed forces some civilian advisors in Vietnam kept them in their cars in case they encountered a VC ambush. an assault rifle) and the US government purchased a number under that name. When ArmaLite (then a subsidiary of Fairchild, an aircraft builder) developed the AR-15 in the late 1950s, it was a selective fire weapon (i.e. Things are convoluted because “AR-15” is a trademarked name that has been applied to distinct but similar models of firearm. Pick up a print or digital copy from these fine retailers: The Writer’s Guide to Weapons: A Practical Reference for Using Firearms and Knives in Fiction (Writer’s Digest Books) comes with everything but the ammo. M16s are hard to come by outside of the military. The author in this case should’ve picked one and stuck with it, although the AR-15 is the more likely choice given the civilian character’s circumstance. The character’s firearm was called an AR-15, but functioned like an M16. In the case of the book I was reading, this is where the author tripped up. The M16 can switch between modes of fire, from semi-auto to full-auto and back again. They both look similar, but appearances are often deceiving when it comes to firearms. The AR-15 shares a common lineage with the M16, the iconic U.S.
Capable of using clips – AR-15s use magazines, not clips. The AR-15 can’t do that, it’s stuck in semi-auto mode. An assault rifle is capable of switching between different modes of fire, such as semi-automatic and fully automatic. Assault rifles – The “AR” stands for Armalite Rifle, not assault rifle. 223 caliber ammunition most often used in AR-15s (there are others) is also nothing new. Old – For as recent as AR-15s seem, Eugene Stoner actually designed the first one in the 1950s. Customizable – AR-15s come ready to attach any number of accessories, which is part of the reason they’re popular. In both cases, you could write AR-15 (or just AR) and still be accurate. However, other companies make AR-15 clones and AR 15 accessories and put their own spin on them. Colt is the only company that can say it makes a genuine AR-15 (the model). Both a model and a type – This seems tricky, but it’s not too confusing. Fully automatic is different from semi-automatic in that one pull of the trigger can equal multiple shots fired consecutively. There are no fire modes to switch in and out of, that’s all it does. Semi-automatic rifles – Pull the trigger once and the rifle will shoot one time. It’s time to clear the waters, because this is only one of the misconceptions. Thing is, AR-15s don’t have a full-auto mode. I was enjoying a novel the other day until a character switched an AR-15 (pictured above) into fully automatic mode and started blasting away at bad guys.
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