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Yup. Go for it
I read that this rifle was actually made in one or more working prototypes to be submitted to the big manufacturers and to the military for their consideration, but nobody produced it commercially and no military adopted it.
Bump.
The gun's designer, and the arms manufacturer that picked up the design and built a few samples, are both names very familiar to us.
The gun's designer, and the arms manufacturer that picked up the design and built a few samples, are both names very familiar to us.
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It looks HK-like a little
And a little garand.....
And a little garand.....
Yes, Eugene Stoner's design.
It was the paramilitary version of Stoner's earlier versions of basically the same rifle with a different stock and different magazine capacity called the M5, M6, and M7.
As I understand it, his M7 was bought by ArmaLite and marketed as the AR-3, hoping to get a new military contract, but it didn't happen.
The M7 / AR3 has a forward- locking rotary bolt like the Johnson rifle, other characteristics of the M1 Garand, the M1 .30 caliber carbine, and the M-14.
and.... here you go!
