AR15M16
AR15M16 is a term used to describe rifles that trace their design to the AR-15 platform and share lineage with the U.S. military M16 family. It is not an official designation but a shorthand for the broad range of semi-automatic civilian rifles and select-fire military variants that rely on the same core design heritage and many common components.
The AR-15 originated in the 1950s as a lightweight, magazine-fed rifle designed by Eugene Stoner for ArmaLite.
Design and operation across the AR-15/M16 spectrum is based on a rotating locking bolt and a gas-operated
Variants span civilian AR-15s from numerous manufacturers to military M16 models and their descendants, including the